On 12/21/2015 12:24 PM, Adrian Pepper wrote:
I struggled with this problem until I unearthed this gem from the archive. In addition we were using aliases as moderators, so I thought that was the key problem, but subsequent testing suggests there is no such restriction. Is that correct? So it is alright to use an alias as list administrator or moderator, but moderator recipients must simply know the "trick" of replying to the contained message, not the overall message.
Mailman doesn't care who the confirmation email is From:. If the confirm token is correct and the message is sent to the proper place, that's all that's required.
Also, see the FAQ article at <http://wiki.list.org/x/4030693>.
I struggled so long with this I thought I'd post my dumpster diving and added observations in case it helped anyone else. I didn't find anything like the following in a FAQ.
Note also, that this moderation message is a multipart/mixed message and the part that says "If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact ..." is it's own message/rfc822 part and it's that message part you must reply to with the Approved: <password> line, not the "outer" message.Perhaps mention of this should be added. My apologies if it's already there and my web and keyword searches overlooked it.
I just added a FAQ article at <http://wiki.list.org/x/17891907>. Feel free to edit it if you wish. Instructions for obtaining write access to the wiki are at <http://wiki.list.org/FrontPage>.
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