[Mailman-Developers] Moderated-edit

Bryan Bradsby Bryan.Bradsby at capnet.state.tx.us
Fri May 2 17:15:53 EDT 2003


> > > 2) Moderated-edit. I'm running Mailman on a couple of boxes but I
> >
> > There is kludgey support for this now, that most people are probably not
> > aware of: in the admindb interface, you forward the message to yourself.

How do I forward a message to myself in the admindb "Moderater menu" ?

> > Then you use whatever tools you want to edit the message and resend it
> > back to the list with the Approved header.  Then you delete the message
> > from the admindb.  Not exactly the most efficient workflow. ;)
>
> [...] And what is the Approved header like?

Inquiring minds... (ditto)


> > The thing that's always held me back here is designing a useable u/i to
> > such a feature.  Actually doing the editing probably isn't difficult,
> > but I'm far from a web u/i expert.  Doing it in a way that won't get
> > clobbered by huge messages, be vulnerable to cross-site scripting or
> > other security issues, and that provides a natural editing interface, is
> > a big task.

I would be happy if I could VIEW the body of the message from the
Moderator menu. Then I would have a better idea if I wanted to delete it,
or release it to the list.

Thank you,
-bryan bradsby

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