[Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

[Richard Barrett]

At 06:20 24/03/2003, Brian Read wrote:

>The latest downloadable version of mailman is 2.1.1, try here:
>
>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/

Usually the sourceforge is the best place to get the latest MM.

See: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103

You will also find patches for the latest stable release on sourceforge and 
a CVS repository for the current MM development in progress.


>cheers
>
>Brian
>
>
>At 04:35 24/03/2003, Rod Neep wrote:
>>In message <21560656.20030317121502 at earthlink.net>, ghhalley 
>><ghhalley at earthlink.net> writes
>>>Jan,
>>>
>>>I found the answer off of the Mailman FAQ search engine.  I am in the
>>>process of implementing this solution.  Below is the link to the
>>>question 3.11
>>>
>>>http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=newsletter%2Fannouncement
>>>%2Fone-way&querytype=simple&casefold=yes&req=search
>>>
>>>Peace,
>>>George
>>
>>Hmmm.... OK. I am trying to do the same thing:
>>create an announcement list.
>>
>>The FAQ refers to the following:
>>
>>   Set the member_moderation_action to Reject and add a nice rejection
>>   notice text to the following text box.  Say something like "this is
>>   an announcement list, to reach the band, please email band at dom.ain"
>>
>>   Set the generic_nonmember_action to Reject or Discard.
>>
>>Those options do not appear to be available in version 2.0.13 (which is 
>>the latest downloadable version of Mailman).
>>
>>I have no problem with the other settings in the configuration, but it 
>>would be nice to be able to (nicely) auto-reject posts to the list by 
>>those not specified.
>>
>>Regards
>>Rod
>>--
>>Rod Neep