[Mailman-Users] Non-Member & Moderated List (reposted question)

[Jeff Garvas]

I asked about this last week and never saw a response, so I'm going to try 
and ask with a little more detail.  If anyone has any suggestions, please 
let me know.  I have not poked around the code to see why this occurs this 
way.

When you run a list that is non-moderated, but you limit posts to the 
subscribers list, a post by a non-member results in this error:

Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list 

If you go into "Privacy Options" and change "Must posts be approved by an 
administrator?" and maintain "Restrict posting privilege to list members" 
a post by a non-subscriber results in THIS reason:

Reason:  Post to moderated list

Unless I am missing a configuration option, I believe this is a flaw in 
the order in which mailman is checking posts.  Even if a list is 
moderated, the reason this individual post was rejected should still read

Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list

or, a new reason should be made like this:

Reason: Post by a non-member to a members-only AND moderated list

This may seem like a silly request, but if you run a members only list 
that happens to be moderated as well, you run into the problem of 
accidentally approving a post from a non-member when the content of
that post was "on topic".

Is there a fix for this?  Would this classify as a bug?

Does anyone know of any other work arounds?

When you have a few thousand people on a mailing list, its not really easy 
to realize on your own that a specific individual isn't a subscriber to 
the list.  Especially when you have multiple individuals help administrate 
the list itself.

-Jeff