[Mailman-Users] Reject *to* non-subscriber

Mark Sapiro msapiro at value.net
Fri Oct 12 07:34:05 CEST 2007


John W. Baxter wrote:

>On 10/11/07 2:33 PM, "glen martin" <lists at locutory.org> wrote:
>
>> I run a private list where the list-members have decided they don't want
>> non-subscribers on the threads at all.  But occasionally one will forget
>> and cross-post. I'd like to bounce subscriber messages where a
>> non-subscriber is anywhere on the receiver list.  Is there anything like
>> this currently available or contemplated?
>
>It can't be fully done because of Bcc.  (Except in a very specific scenario
>which likely isn't achievable.)
>
>It could be done with respect to To: and Cc:, but that might well just give
>a false sense of privateness.


John makes good points.

To answer your original question, this would have to be done with a
custom handler
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.067.htp>.
There are no plans for anything more direct in the future.

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