[Mailman-Users] SOLVED: moderators' posts rejected

[Mark Sapiro]

Yassen Damyanov wrote:
>> 
>> Seems that I've done everything described there but
>> moderators' posts are rejected.
>
>Not really; here's what I have missed:
>
>"One final step is needed so that the moderator can post
> to the list without doing "tend administrative requests".
> Go to the admin webpage for the list and UNCHECK the
> "mod" button for the moderator ONLY. All subscribers to
> the list should have the "mod" button turned ON, except
> for the moderator. This assumes that the moderator is
> also subscribed to the list."

Clearly this works, but it is not the best way to do this as it allows
anyone to post to the list by spoofing the moderator's address. A more
secure way is to leave everyone moderated and post using an

Approved: <list password>

line followed by a blank line as the first two lines of the message.
This is briefly discussed in the "How to post to the announcement
list:" section of FAQ 3.11 and also in FAQ 3.34.

Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py

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