[Tools-discuss] Datatracker accounts for mailing list subscription
Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Tue, 14 July 2026 00:01 UTC
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I just subscribed to the mole mailing list, and as I was digging the confirmation mail out of my spam folder[0] I started thinking: why do we need to confirm at all? More specifically, given that many if not most of us already have datatracker accounts, wouldn't it be a lot easier if we could log into mailman with datatracker and then subscribe with no confirmation? -Ekr [0] A topic for another day.
- [Tools-discuss] Datatracker accounts for mailing … Eric Rescorla
- [Tools-discuss] Re: Datatracker accounts for mail… Jay Daley
- [Tools-discuss] Re: Datatracker accounts for mail… Eric Rescorla
- [Tools-discuss] Re: Datatracker accounts for mail… Michael Richardson