[Mailman-Users] parent/umbrella lists, posting of members/non-members, ...

[Norbert Preining]

Hi!

On Die, 11 Mär 2003, Jon Carnes wrote:
> Still there is a work-around in the FAQ that lets you build the Umbrella
> lists via scripts, that would get you the functionality you want (and it
> works with your version of Mailman).

OK, this is what we are thinking about...

> > The last point is in fact interesting: I cannot see how to solve: list
> > members should be able to post without approval, all other should be
> > allowed to post but only WITH approval. Is this possible?
> 
> Yes. Check out the settings in the Web-admin.  There should be toggles
> in the Privacy options section.

Hmm, I really do NOT understand: From the documentation (Detail) page:

* moderated (privacy): Must posts be approved by an administrator?
	OK, this is obvious
	If I set this to YES than ALL posts have to be moderated
	If I set this to NO than NO post has to be moderated
	Independent of post from member or not.

* member_posting_only (privacy): Restrict posting privilege to list
members? (member_posting_only)

Use this option if you want to restrict posting to list members. If you
want list members to be able to post, plus a handful of other posters,
see the posters setting below

	AFAIU this mean that if I set this to YES than only members 
	can post. If I set it to NO than everybody can post.

But NO combination of these options ensures that:
* members can post WITHOUT approval
* non-members can post WITH approval

Why:
* moderate=YES, member_posting_only=NO
	members emails are moderated
* moderate=NO, member_posting_only=YES
	non-member cannot post
* moderate=NO, member_posting_only=NO
	everyone can post without moderating, uggg
* moderate=YES, member_posting_only=YES
	non-members cannot post at all
	member posts are moderated

Am I that wrong?

Best wishes

Norbert

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