Dear Mailman developers,

I've posted my question already to the users list, but did not get any feedback, so perhaps this is a bug?

Thanks for your help!

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I'm running Mailman 2.1b3, and it works fine after a few install headaches ;) My MTA is Exim v3.36, and I've set it up according to README.EXIM.

Now, a list moderator got an approval request[1] for a message held in the mod queue, which had inside these instructions as well[2]. The subject was "confirm ..." with some sort of code in it. He wanted to try it, but got only an error back:

...

The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your original message.

• Results: Invalid confirmation string. Note that confirmation strings expire

approximately 3 days after the initial subscription request. If your confirmation has expired, please try to re-submit your original request or message.

• Unprocessed:
  ...

  If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact, Mailman will discard the held message. Do this if the message is spam. If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting to the list. The Approved: header can also appear in the first line of the body of the reply.

• Done.

Is this some kind of bug or error in my setup? As he rightly points out, if Mailman provides him with an eMail based moderation, he'd really want to use it.

Thanks for any input!

Cheers, Johannes mailto:posel@inf.fu-berlin.de

[1]

As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting:

List:    Cafe@xyz
From:    somebody@someplace.tld
Subject: Hi
Reason:  Posts by member are currently quarantined for moderation

At your convenience, visit:

http://stromgrade.its-toasted.org/mailman/admindb/cafe

to approve or deny the request.

[2]

If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact, Mailman will discard the held message. Do this if the message is spam. If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting to the list. The Approved: header can also appear in the first line of the body of the reply.

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Thanks again, Johannes mailto:posel@inf.fu-berlin.de