Storing names with addresses

Jan Eden <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:35:18 +0100
Newsgroups org.mlmmj.mlmmj
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I would like to use mlmmj for a couple of smaller, closed lists which are
managed manually (by me). The email addresses of several subscribers are
not linked to their name, so I need to store the names with the
addresses. This is obivously possible, but not the standard scenario.

Apart from the addresses being stored in the file matching the
subscribers' first names – are there any downsides to subscribing people
like this?

/usr/local/bin/mlmmj-sub -f -L /var/spool/mlmmj/testing/ -a "John Doe <[email protected]>"

They won't be unsubscribing themselves, so a mismatch of the name and
the header they are using when sending messages does not matter.

But will I cause any trouble for the listmaster (me!)?

- Jan