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2.1.4 Notifications</a>
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Mailman sends notifications to the list administrators or list members
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<dt><strong>send_reminders</strong></dt>
<dd>By default Mailman sends all list members a monthly password
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    people about all the lists they may be subscribed to on this
    domain, including the lists where their subscription may be
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    can be sent to them.  The welcome message contains some common
    boilerplate information, such as the name of the list,
    instructions for posting to the list, and the member's
    subscription password.  You can add additional information to the
    welcome message by typing the text into the <code>welcome_msg</code>
    text box.  Note that because this text is sent as part of an
    email, it should <strong>not</strong> contain HTML.

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<dt><strong>send_welcome_msg</strong></dt>
<dd>This flag controls whether or not the welcome message is sent to
    new subscribers.

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<dt><strong>goodbye_msg</strong></dt>
<dd>Like the <code>welcome_msg</code>, a ``goodbye'' message can be sent to
    members when they unsubscribe from the list.  Unlike the welcome
    message, there's no boilerplate for the goodbye message.  Enter
    the entire goodbye message you'd like unsubscribing members to
    receive into the <code>goodbye_msg</code> text box.

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<dt><strong>send_goodbye_msg</strong></dt>
<dd>This flag controls whether or not the goodbye message is sent to
    unsubscribing members.

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<dt><strong>admin_immed_notify</strong></dt>
<dd>List moderators get notifications of pending administrative
    actions, such as subscription or unsubscription requests that
    require moderator approval, or posted messages that are being held
    for moderator approval.  List moderators will always get a daily
    summary of such pending requests, but they can also get immediate
    notifications when such a request is made.  The
    <code>admin_immed_notify</code> variable controls whether these
    immediate notifications are sent or not.  It's generally a good
    idea to leave this set to <em>Yes</em>.

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<dt><strong>admin_notify_mchanges</strong></dt>
<dd>This variable controls whether the list administrators should get
    notifications when members join or leave the list.

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<dt><strong>respond_to_post_requests</strong></dt>
<dd>This variable controls whether the original sender of a posting
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