I just had my Mailman suite upgraded. When it got started, I starting receiving messages that hundreds of subscribers to the lists had been disables, including several of the list moderators. This version started supporting bounce processing, but how in the world was this upgrade allowed to act on bounces that were being collected PRIOR to enabling bounce processing??
I got many angry emails, messages and phone calls asking what was going on, as they were bona fide list members. I was very surprised myself.
I then looked at several of the disabled accounts, but the subscription info page in Postorius had no information about whether an account was enabled or disabled. Why is this not displayed???. The members can't see if their account is enabled. Is this another example of the disconnect between Mailman and Postorius?
Further, even after the upgrade, the moderators still cannot access the list memberships even though all the lists are set to allow that. I would have asked the moderators to do this if this access bug had been fixed, but they can't get there.
As a result of these bugs, after consulting with Brian, who helped with the upgrade, I spent many hours re-enabling the several hundred accounts that had been disabled. I had to go through each email notification to find the address of a disabled account, then find the list, then the member, in Postorius, and finally enable the account (at which time Postorius DID show the enabled status).
Please, can the next upgrade include these very basic fixes/enhancements, which I requested a long time ago:
a. The ability of moderators to see the list membership (a bug). b. The ability of members to change their addresses for all lists they are subscribed to.
and further, now:
c. That when members go to look at their subscription info, they can actually see the settings.
Thank you,
Allan