[Mailman-Users] Re: Creating announce-only list

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Marci O'Daffer wrote:

> I read the FAQ, and have questions.
>
> -- I want to hide the list address, so no one can post to it. don't 
> want to have a bunch of admin requests to deal with from people 
> sending posts. Is there a way to automatically reject all incoming 
> messages? (using version 2.0.13) 

    To my knowledge, no.  Not in 2.0.13 at least.  I haven't played with 
the 2.1 release just yet - close.

> -- Is there any way to change the message text that is sent to new 
> subscribers? The basic text includes "to send a message to this 
> list..." and the list address.

    Yes.  Edit your template: templates/subscribeack.txt

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