[Mailman-Users] newbie question

[Brad Knowles]

At 4:27 PM -0600 2005-01-20, C. Jon Hinkle wrote:

>  In either instance, how do I account for worthwhile replies that would
>  be beneficial for the entire list to see?

	Generally speaking, munging the Reply-To: header is considered to 
be a bad idea -- See 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.048.htp>.

	That said, for certain types of lists, it may make sense to do 
this sort of thing.  Lists where that is more appropriate tend to be 
ones that are run internally to an organization, and where you can 
make an across-the-board decision like this and do so with the 
approval of management.

>  Am I taking the wrong tack here?  Is this better done with something
>  like default_member_moderation?  I could set the flag to off for the 30
>  and on for the rest and then set the action to Hold.  Then, if the
>  posting/reply was worth seeing on the list, it could be approved by a
>  single moderator, and if not then it gets rejected and the poster gets a
>  notice.

	That's the path I would be inclined to take.  You can choose 
which people get their moderation bit turned off, so that they can 
post directly.  Everyone else gets moderated, and you have a small 
team of people who do the work of eliminating the wheat from the 
chaff.

-- 
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     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755

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