[Mailman-Users] Read-Only Mailing Lists

Jörn Nettingsmeier nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de
Mon May 27 16:29:40 CEST 2002


"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> 
> Setting up an announce-only list /ought/ to be much easier in MM2.1.
> 
> - You can disable the List-Post: header separately, since it isn't
>   meaningful for announce-only lists.
> 
> - You can set a moderate flag on all your members (and for any new
>   members that later join).
> 
> - You can set an automatic action when a post comes from a moderated
>   member.  The action can be something like "reject this message" or
>   "discard this message".
> 
> - You can set up an automatic action when a post comes from a
>   non-member, similar to the above.
> 
> - If your "allowed posters" are members of the list, simply turn off
>   their moderation flag and their posts will go straight through.  If
>   your "allowed posters" are not members, add their address to the
>   accept_these_nonmembers list.
> 
> You'll still need to edit the list's listinfo.html page, but that
> should be easy.

barry and the rest of the mailman cabal, 
you are doing an awesome job! many thanks.

jörn





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