[Mailman-Developers] Changing the default_moderation_action has no effect on existing members

[Mark Sapiro]

On 11/25/2014 01:05 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> 
> I think this does work differently in MM2.1, but that version's schema isn't
> really sophisticated enough to do anything different.  There, members have a
> moderation flag which gets initialized from default_member_moderation.  Then,
> if the member's flag is set, member_moderation_action (a list setting) is
> taken.  So I guess in the case of moderated members, there is a fallback
> action, and while there is no member-specific action, there is a
> member-specific state.


MM 2.1 does have an additional capability in the web UI, namely the
ability to set all members mod bits on or off with an off/on radio
selection and a single click. Thus, an admin can change
default_member_moderation to No or Yes and with a couple more clicks set
all current members to match.

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