As it says in the docstring in Mailman/Handlers/Emergency.py """Put an emergency hold on all messages otherwise approved. No notices are sent to either the sender or the list owner for emergency holds. I think they'd be too obnoxious. """ If you really want this, I've attached a patch that will do it. ** Changed in: mailman Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: mailman Assignee: (unassigned) => Mark Sapiro (msapiro) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mailman Coders, which is subscribed to GNU Mailman. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1648933 Title: admin_immed_notify=yes and respond_to_post_requests=yes has no effect for member posts even when emergency=yes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1648933/+subscriptions