[Mailman-Users] announce-only list Howto

David Morgado david.nospam at netcabo.pt
Mon Sep 22 19:27:06 CEST 2003


Ok thanks I'll give it a try...

John DeCarlo wrote:

> David,
>
> This is built into Mailman.  No need to configure it at all.
>
> Of course the format of the Approved header is:  Approved: <password> 
> So you need to set up passwords for the moderators and/or the list.
>
> And whether you can add the line as a header or whether you have to 
> make it the first line of text in your message is dependent on the 
> email client (MUA) that you are using.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David Morgado wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry perhaps I miss understood the FAQ where it says: 
>> (http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=announce&querytype=simple&casefold=yes&req=search) 
>>
>> (...)
>> How to post to the announcement list:
>>
>>  (...) A more secure alternative is for your
>>  approved posters to add an Approved header to their postings as a
>>  header, or as the first line of the post).
>>
>> I mean how do I configure mailman to auto aprove a mail to the 
>> announce-only list, so that any message with "an Approved header" (as 
>> stated in the FAQ) is not held for approval.
>
>






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