Hello everyone,

I just created a new branch for an experimental feature to allow the
list owner of a mailing list to approve or deny subscriptions I know
this is one of those features that gets requested a lot and I guess I
had an itch to scratch

If you've ever wanted to know what that type of change in the program
looks like (well, a rough first stab at it) here's the entire commit:

http://github
com/justingit/dada-mail/commit/9b3d65a53fb20c98a2441ae3fcb1ef2dc8022bac

This will be marked, "experimental" in the next version of Dada Mail,
but should be there, fairly full functional, to be used and enjoyed

Here's a (rough) summary of the feature:

 Subscription Approval System for Dada Mail!

 Introduction

 Subscription Approval allows the list owner of a mailing list to  

make the final decision of if a would-be subscriber is allowed to join a mailing list

 What's neat is that the entire rest of the subscription process,
 including the closed-loop opt-in can still be enabled and used -  

this just tacks on (yet) another step

 The other neat thing is, if you find some of those other steps  

uneeded and redundant, this allows you to have another, alternative and
direct confirmation process, without giving up too much security

 Status - Experimental!

 This feature is quite new in Dada Mail and experimental
 Have fun  

with it!

 Enabling

 This feature can be enabled per list, in the list control panel  

under,

 Your Mailing list - Mailing List Options

 Looking for the fieldset labeled,

 Subscription Requests Approving/Denying (Experimental)

 Check the option labeled,

 Enable Subscription Requests Approving/Denying

 All set!

 Using

 When a would-be subscriber completes the subscription confirmation
 process, they'll be told that their subscription is being held  

until the list owner approves it

 At the same time, an email message will be sent to the list  

owner, with instructions on how to approve, or deny a subscription

 The list owner may also log into their mailing list control panel  

and view all the awaiting addresses to be approved by visiting:

 Your Subscribers - View

 Click the button on the top labeled,

 Subscription Requests

 This should present the list owner with the entire list of  

addresses that are awaiting approval

 There are two buttons to act upon this list of address


 Check the addresses you'd like to work with and either press the  

button labeled,

 Approved Checked Subscription Requests

 to approve requests, or press the button labeled,

 Deny Checked Subscription Requests

 to deny requests


 Feedback

 This is a new, experimental feature and we'd like feedback on how  

it's working for everyone Let us know!

Cheers,