[Mailman-Developers] Fwd: suggested improvement for Mailman's bounce processing

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 14 August 2006 08:42:00 -0400 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:



>> I'm confused.  Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're talking about,
>> Mailman 2.1.x already does this today.  You try to post to a list
>> that is restricted to subscribers only, and then your message may be
>> rejected, or you may get a message saying that the post is being held
>> for moderation, or it may get silently thrown away, etc....  It all
>> depends on how the listowner has configured things, but to this
>> level, this kind of thing works today.
>
> Today, held messages still have to be approved by the moderator.   What I
> propose is to allow posters to self-moderate, simply by  verifying that
> their address is real.  This probably means a  clickable link and (maybe)
> a header cookie for replying.  Think  Gmane's auto-moderation approach.
>

So, when someone first posts to a closed list, they're automatically 
invited to join it if they're not already a member? Provided the list 
doesn't require moderator approval for joining, I suppose?

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex