On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 05:43:17PM +0200, Aaron Optimizer Digulla wrote:
I have a closed list but for some *subscribed* users, all posts must be approved by me (error Only subscribed users may post to the list). (See Bug 126 in the jitterbug DB). Can you please have a look ASAP because many valid users get these mails back ?
This seems to be related to having several aliases for a machine.
:-/ It gets more and more strange... when I set "Restrict posting privilege to list members?" and "Must posts be approved by an administrator?" to NO, then every post is held for approval !?!?!
Ok, finally. After reading the mail archive and the FAQs (why is the FAQ in the package different from the FAQ on the WWW pages ???), I found why many posts are held for approval: Mailman doesn't use the
From or From: header lines but Sender: and Sender: is usually wrong. How do I have to change mailman that Sender: is ignored and "From " is used instead ?
Here is a header for which mailman fails: