[Mailman-Users] member_posting_only

[Brad Knowles]

At 4:46 PM -0400 2005-04-19, kalin mintchev wrote:

>>  Because they're not on the list, their posts are held for
>>  moderation, hence the notification.
>
>  right. but..  if they are not on the list they should not be approved - i
>  mean the posting is allowed ONLY to members (member_posting_only) so why
>  is mailman holding messages for approval that's not coming from members at
>  all?

	Those messages aren't approved -- they're held.  They're held 
because they're coming from non-members, and you've got the server 
configured to hold all posts that are not otherwise approved (i.e., 
from a known listmember or on the "white list").

	You're hanging up on the word "approved" to be meaning that you 
see the message, either as a list member or as the list owner.  That 
is not correct.  If a post is "approved", then it is sent to the list 
so that all list members will get a copy.  If it's not approved, then 
it may be held for moderation, but that does *not* mean that the post 
is "approved".

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