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[Mr. + Ms. John Viega]

On Fri, May 01, 1998 at 05:26:54PM -0400, Roy Smith wrote:
> Not sure if it does this already, but here's my biggest mailing list
> headache...
> 
> We have our lists (run under majordomo, which we want to get rid of) set up
> that if you're not subscribed, you can't submit.  This is the most obvious
> anti-spam measure, and goes a good way towards cutting down abuse.  Problem
> is, people have multiple email addresses, or they change, or one MUA formats
> is slightly differently than another MUA they use, etc.
> 
> It would be really cool to be able to say something like "accept postings
> from this person, if any of the following are on the From: line"

Yes, both things are in Mailman:

You can set an option that restricts non-members from posting (their
posts get set aside for approval).

You can list people from whom mail is always accepted without question.

I don't think these two features have any sort of negative interaction.

John