Help with Mailman configuration
I have a mailing list that I need to setup. This mailing list will comprise of several hundred addresses that will be subscribed by using the mass subscription function. I need the following in place:
- Only admins, moderators and list owner may post to mailing list - all other posts are deleted
- Sender is anonymous
- Recipients may reply to the email and it will be sent to the admin and/or moderator and list owner
- No subscription notification or unsub notification should be sent
- Unsubscribe recipient immediately if email address fails and notify admin and/or moderator and list owner
- Users may not subscribe
- Users may unsubscribe themselves
This is on a server for which I have only the administrative access to my mailing lists. I hope I can get this in place and working properly, or at least something close.
Thanks,
Keith Blackie
Keith Blackie wrote:
I have a mailing list that I need to setup. This mailing list will comprise of several hundred addresses that will be subscribed by using the mass subscription function. I need the following in place:
- Only admins, moderators and list owner may post to mailing list - all other posts are deleted
- Sender is anonymous
- Recipients may reply to the email and it will be sent to the admin and/or moderator and list owner
- No subscription notification or unsub notification should be sent
- Unsubscribe recipient immediately if email address fails and notify admin and/or moderator and list owner
- Users may not subscribe
- Users may unsubscribe themselves
See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/3YA9> for a start.
Also look at settings like anonymous_list and the 'Notifications' on General Options, the Bounce processing settings (hint set bounce_score_threshold <= 1 and bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings = 0 and set the Notifications on) and set Privacy options... -> Subscription rules -> subscribe_policy to Require approval and don't approve unwanted subscriptions.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Keith Blackie wrote:
I have a mailing list that I need to setup. This mailing list will comprise of several hundred addresses that will be subscribed by using the mass subscription function. I need the following in place:
- Only admins, moderators and list owner may post to mailing list - all other posts are deleted
Short answer: Make all new members moderated by default and set member moderation action to either reject or discard (both of these are in Privacy>Sender filters). Then unmoderate those who are allowed to post.
Long answer: There is an FAQ on one-way lists. http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030685
- Sender is anonymous
Anonymous_list in General options.
- Recipients may reply to the email and it will be sent to the admin and/or moderator and list owner
In General Options, set it to strip any reply-to addresses, then set the reply-to to a specific address and set the address to reply to. I suggest listname-owner@example.com (obviously substitute listname ane example.com as appropriate).
- No subscription notification or unsub notification should be sent
This is also in General Options - admin_notify_mchanges
- Unsubscribe recipient immediately if email address fails and notify admin and/or moderator and list owner
I assume you mean if the address bounces during normal list use. This would probably require changes to Mailman's bounce processing. You could set the bounce threshold very low and it will suspend delivery with a notificatio, but it won't unsubscribe them immediately.
- Users may not subscribe
I think this can be done but not sure exactly how. Maybe by banning everyone? I vaguely recall a simpler way but it's not coming to me.
- Users may unsubscribe themselves
This is normal.
This is on a server for which I have only the administrative access to my mailing lists. I hope I can get this in place and working properly, or at least something close.
The above should be possible without access to the shell. If you want to hack the bounce processing then this will require shell access and will of course affect all lists.
Geoff.
Geoff Shang wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Keith Blackie wrote:
- Unsubscribe recipient immediately if email address fails and notify admin and/or moderator and list owner
I assume you mean if the address bounces during normal list use. This would probably require changes to Mailman's bounce processing. You could set the bounce threshold very low and it will suspend delivery with a notificatio, but it won't unsubscribe them immediately.
It will if bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings = 0
No hack necessary.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Geoff & Mark I appreciate the info. I'll try the settings and see if everything works as I need it to.
Thanks Keith
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with Mailman configuration
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Keith Blackie wrote:
I have a mailing list that I need to setup. This mailing list will comprise of several hundred addresses that will be subscribed by using the mass subscription function. I need the following in place:
- Only admins, moderators and list owner may post to mailing list - all other posts are deleted
Short answer: Make all new members moderated by default and set member moderation action to either reject or discard (both of these are in Privacy>Sender filters). Then unmoderate those who are allowed to post.
Long answer: There is an FAQ on one-way lists. http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030685
- Sender is anonymous
Anonymous_list in General options.
- Recipients may reply to the email and it will be sent to the admin and/or moderator and list owner
In General Options, set it to strip any reply-to addresses, then set the reply-to to a specific address and set the address to reply to. I suggest listname-owner@example.com (obviously substitute listname ane example.com as appropriate).
- No subscription notification or unsub notification should be sent
This is also in General Options - admin_notify_mchanges
- Unsubscribe recipient immediately if email address fails and notify admin and/or moderator and list owner
I assume you mean if the address bounces during normal list use. This would probably require changes to Mailman's bounce processing. You could set the bounce threshold very low and it will suspend delivery with a notificatio, but it won't unsubscribe them immediately.
- Users may not subscribe
I think this can be done but not sure exactly how. Maybe by banning everyone? I vaguely recall a simpler way but it's not coming to me.
- Users may unsubscribe themselves
This is normal.
This is on a server for which I have only the administrative access to my mailing lists. I hope I can get this in place and working properly, or at least something close.
The above should be possible without access to the shell. If you want to hack the bounce processing then this will require shell access and will of course affect all lists.
Geoff.
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