[Mailman-Users] Suppress moderation message in mailman 2.1 ?

John R Levine johnl at taugh.com
Fri Nov 10 16:59:47 EST 2017


On Fri, 10 Nov 2017, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> > > 'from' address to yourself (or a special-purpose mailbox, or
> > > something)?  This would require only changes to stuff you made
> > > yourself (the usenet -> list processing).
> >
> > I'd think the answer was obvious: Because I didn't write the messages, and
> > I don't want the responses from people who read them.
>
> IIRC we also check Sender and the envelope sender for membership by
> default, and if any of them is a member we let it through.  Maybe
> there's a dodge in there you can use?

I could add an approved header, but then I'd be passing spam in the usenet 
group onto the list.  I can catch the most obvious stuff, but some would 
leak.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl at taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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