[Mailman-Users] member_posting_only=yes problem

[Mike Noyes]

At 01:05 PM 11/4/00 -0600, Johnny Fuerst wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 10:12:14AM -0800, Mike Noyes wrote:
> > At 12:11 PM 11/4/00 -0600, Johnny Fuerst wrote:
> > >On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 09:35:25AM -0800, Mike Noyes wrote:
> > > > I'm the admin for a devel list on SourceForge. I have a
> > > > member of my list that has different From and Reply-To
> > > > addresses. He is subscribed with his Reply-To address.
> > > > When I set member_posting_only=yes all of his messages
> > > > are held for approval. Is there any way around this
> > > > problem?
> > >
> > >I am only running Mailman 1.1, but what I think is the
> > >solution should be the same. On the admin web screen, under
> > >privacy options for the list in question, there is an
> > >option which says allow posters not on list, or something
> > >like that. This is where you can add the guy's real
> > >address.
> >
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> > Is there another way to achieve the same thing?
>
>I don't know of another way. But, I can see this as being somthing that 
>maybe should be in a newer version of mailman. Allowing to tie additional 
>address (aliases) for one member of a list.
...

You read my mind. I thought of one other way for mailman to solve the 
problem. It could check the Reply-To header along with From to verify list 
membership. This does open a potential spam hole.

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Mike Noyes
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