i was wrong - completely shutting down lists is not needed, as there is "emergency moderation" as a feature in mailman. http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-admin/node14.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mailman Coders, which is subscribed to GNU Mailman. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266737 Title: How to disable lists To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/266737/+subscriptions