Conceal list address?
Hello
I'm a site admin. A list owner is using their list to send a newsletter to 30,000 recipients, with emergency moderation on, and an explicit Reply-To, and "anonymous_list".
Some recipients if they need to reply will use "Reply", which usually goes to the intended sender. However, some will use "Reply All" or "Reply List" which will send a copy to the list address. These messages are held for moderation.
The problem arises because it seems one of the list moderators tends to approve all pending replies - replies, Out of office messages, invitations to social networks. Despite repeated requests, undesired messages are continuing to be approved, which of course can confuse and annoy recipients.
What I'd like to do is rewrite From and To lines to be the editorial address, like the Reply-To, so that the list address does not appear in the visible headers. Is there any way to do this in Mailman? (If not, I'm likely to do it in Postfix, and RFC 5321 3.7.1 seems to say this is legal.)
Thanks
CK
Cedric Knight writes:
The problem arises because it seems one of the list moderators tends to approve all pending replies
If it's not practical to fire (or perhaps even identify) that moderator, I would suggest editing the moderation template to not include the "Discard all messages marked Defer" options.
What I'd like to do is rewrite From and To lines to be the editorial address, like the Reply-To, so that the list address does not appear in the visible headers.
One option is to enable "full personalization" in the Non-Digest Options screen. The subscriber's address will be substituted for the list's posting address in the visible headers.
This is close to, but not exactly, what you asked for. Substituting the list's editor's address may require changes to Mailman itself.
For further advice you'll have to wait for Mark.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
The problem arises because it seems one of the list moderators tends to > approve all pending replies
If it's not practical to fire (or perhaps even identify) that moderator, I would suggest editing the moderation template to not include the "Discard all messages marked Defer" options.
Wouldn't removing that option make it even more likely for a moderator to approve more than they should? I.e. it's harder to clear them all out, so they have to be done one by one.
Peter Shute
Peter Shute writes:
If it's not practical to fire (or perhaps even identify) that moderator, I would suggest editing the moderation template to not include the "Discard all messages marked Defer" options.
Wouldn't removing that option make it even more likely for a moderator to approve more than they should? I.e. it's harder to clear them all out, so they have to be done one by one.
Ah, you're right, that was a brain bubble. I don't think it could have a useful effect, and you're probably correct that there's a good chance it would have a perverse effect.
Steve
On August 31, 2014 1:13:40 PM PDT, Cedric Knight <cedric@gn.apc.org> wrote:
What I'd like to do is rewrite From and To lines to be the editorial address, like the Reply-To, so that the list address does not appear in the visible headers. Is there any way to do this in Mailman?
Only by modifying source code. Mailman takes great pains to ensure that the list posting address appears in at least one of To:, Reply-To: or Cc: to facilitate replying to the list.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. [Unpaid endorsement]
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