Announce-only lists?
How does one set up an announce-only list? I didn't see that option listed, but I could have missed it. I was actually hoping that I could set up a list with about 200 people subscribed, but only about 5 of them have posting capabilities.
Chris
At 04:56 26/11/2002, Chris wrote:
How does one set up an announce-only list? I didn't see that option listed, but I could have missed it. I was actually hoping that I could set up a list with about 200 people subscribed, but only about 5 of them have posting capabilities.
Chris
This gets asked about once a week! Please look in the FAQ:
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp
Cheers
Brian
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On 26/11/2002 09:36, Brian Read wrote:
At 04:56 26/11/2002, Chris wrote:
How does one set up an announce-only list? I didn't see that option listed, but I could have missed it. I was actually hoping that I could set up a list with about 200 people subscribed, but only about 5 of them have posting capabilities.
Chris
This gets asked about once a week! Please look in the FAQ:
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp
I asked this before but never got an answer - Is there any way to automate posting to moderated list?
I want to send a daily newsletter to moderated list, generated by a script on the server. I don't want to go and approve the message everyday. Is there any way to write the message directly to the mailman queue, like after the moderation stage?
Sagi
On 26/11/2002 09:57, Moz wrote:
Sagi wrote:
I asked this before but never got an answer - Is there any way to automate posting to moderated list?
Why not just add the script "from" address to the list of posters who don't need approval? Or am I missing something obvious?
Because faking the 'From' header is easy.
Sagi
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 11:33, Sagi Bashari wrote:
On 26/11/2002 09:57, Moz wrote:
Why not just add the script "from" address to the list of posters who don't need approval? Or am I missing something obvious?
Because faking the 'From' header is easy.
That's correct, but do you think you'll have actual problems with this on your list? I suppose it depends on the type of list, audience, etc. I think many people choose to approach this defensively -- if someone does indeed fake the From: header, and manage to get a fake post through, then they should be reported to their ISP, etc. But I could see how that would be unacceptable if you have a huge number of subscribers and don't want to allow that one possibility.
--Jeremy
Because faking the 'From' header is easy.
You could write a program that reads standard input, removes the From address and the Received lines, then forwards the mail to the list addresses using the list From address. Hook the program up to a secret e-mail address. It should be just as secure as an approval password.
By the way, this interests me, too. I'm not worried about spam; I'm worried about jerks sending e-mail to the announce list just because they can (to show how smart they are, etc.). There are a lot of people like that, you know.
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