I'm still having problems with setting my list to members-only. When I set it to members-only, everyone's messages bounce. This applies to members mass-subscribed when Mailman was installed for me as well as members who joined (and confirmed) after the list was running on Mailman.
Here's what I have set:
Must posts be approved by an administrator?: No Restrict posting privilege to list members?: Yes Addresses of members accepted for posting to this list without implicit approval requirement: No addresses listed
Some other pertainent facts: When my ISP transferred the membership roster from our old MajorDomo server to mailman, they did (I think) a mass subscribe, and they did NOT ask these existing 300 members to confirm. Some of these transferred members are able to request their passwords and they get back a pseudo-random 4 character password. But some members complained they cannot get a password. And when they try to find their password, I (as admin) get a message saying that that member "lacks a password". Perhaps this is causing the posting filter problem.
So, I have two questions:
What can I do, other that fix the passwords, that will allow me to set my list to "Restrict posting privilege to list members"?
How can I assign passwords to already subscribed members? I have no direct access to the machine that Mailman is installed on.
Thanks,
John Broman List Owner Corvette Restoration and Preservation List (CRPL)
bruce@perens.com wrote:
Rather than remove it, provide a check box to enable/disable it per list in the admin forms, or per user in the user's options. Then everybody will be happy.
Great.
i think that the passwd option are very important when you set your user/subscriber option, if you dont have a passwd anybody can change your option :-( . i am sure that noone want this
I won't give up subscription confirmation for anything, though. Too many times my lists have been used to maliciously mail-bomb someone.
Now, confirmation I completely agree with.
me too
Thanks
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