> Well, given that Mailman is open-source, this is very much technically
> feasible (presumably one could write a PHP page that would ask for an

My inner programmer agrees.

>However, I highly doubt that
> it's worth the trouble right at the moment on short notice,

My inner project-manager agrees.  :)

Jeremy

On Thursday 09 October 2008 1:51:51 pm Tony Yarusso wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Jeremy <tclug at lizakowski.com> wrote:
> > We have one authentication mechanism: the list.
> >
> > To use any other system involves exporting the database or comparing it
> > somehow.
>
> Well, given that Mailman is open-source, this is very much technically
> feasible (presumably one could write a PHP page that would ask for an
> e-mail address and a vote, check the e-mail address for a valid
> subscriber, then mark them as having voted, without connecting the
> address and the vote in the results).  However, I highly doubt that
> it's worth the trouble right at the moment on short notice, unless
> anyone is particularly bored.  It does strike me as a piece of
> software that would be commonly useful though.  (Maybe it's been
> done?)