moderator can't send a message to the list
Hi. I have a strange problem on a list which I own, but do not moderate. The moderator tried to send a message to the list and got a message back saying he was forbidden to do so and there is nothing in the logs to tell me anything except that a post went out. How can I track this down and fix it ?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it?
John Covici
covici@ccs.covici.com
John covici wrote:
Hi. I have a strange problem on a list which I own, but do not moderate. The moderator tried to send a message to the list and got a message back saying he was forbidden to do so and there is nothing in the logs to tell me anything except that a post went out. How can I track this down and fix it ?
First of all, the fact that the poster is the moderator is irrelevant. The moderator has no special privileges with respect to posting other than the fact that he knows a password that could possibly be used in an Approved: header.
My guess is that the address that Mailman saw the post as coming from is a non-member and generic_nonmember_action is reject or the address or a pattern match is in the reject_these_nonmembers list.
It doesn't seem likely from your description, but it is also possible that the address is moderated and member_moderation_action is reject.
Has the moderator successfully posted before? From the exact same address?
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Yep, the moderator has posted before, but I will check the member moderate action to see if its reject.
Thanks. Wish it would tell you in its log files when it does that.
on Sunday 05/08/2005 Mark Sapiro(msapiro@value.net) wrote
John covici wrote:
Hi. I have a strange problem on a list which I own, but do not moderate. The moderator tried to send a message to the list and got a message back saying he was forbidden to do so and there is nothing in the logs to tell me anything except that a post went out. How can I track this down and fix it ?
First of all, the fact that the poster is the moderator is irrelevant. The moderator has no special privileges with respect to posting other than the fact that he knows a password that could possibly be used in an Approved: header.
My guess is that the address that Mailman saw the post as coming from is a non-member and generic_nonmember_action is reject or the address or a pattern match is in the reject_these_nonmembers list.
It doesn't seem likely from your description, but it is also possible that the address is moderated and member_moderation_action is reject.
Has the moderator successfully posted before? From the exact same address?
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it?
John Covici
covici@ccs.covici.com
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