prevent non-members from posting?
Hi,
I just installed mailman 1.1 and am just in the testing phase of implementing. I've searched all the docs but still haven't found if it's possible to prevent non-members of a list from posting. Thanks for any pointers and sorry if this is an faq -- didn't see it there either.
Dave Robbins
On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 08:25:08PM -0800, Dave Robbins wrote:
of implementing. I've searched all the docs but still haven't found if it's possible to prevent non-members of a list from posting.
Yes, see the "General posting filters" section of the "privacy" page of every list's administration pages. Read the "Details" help carefully for those two entries because "Restrict posting privilege to list members?" and "Addresses of members accepted for posting..." interact in a way that may not be immediately obvious.
-- Jim Tittsler, Tokyo Python Starship http://starship.python.net/crew/jwt/
Jim Tittsler wrote:
On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 08:25:08PM -0800, Dave Robbins wrote:
of implementing. I've searched all the docs but still haven't found if it's possible to prevent non-members of a list from posting.
Yes, see the "General posting filters" section of the "privacy" page of every list's administration pages. Read the "Details" help carefully for those two entries because "Restrict posting privilege to list members?" and "Addresses of members accepted for posting..." interact in a way that may not be immediately obvious.
Could someone explain it to me?
First, let me explain that I'm moving from majordomo to mailman and I *really* appreciate this software. My compliments to the authors and contributors! The installation process was so smooth and the software runs to well I can't tell you what a relief it is!
Now the problem: I have 'Restrict posting privilege to list members?' set to "yes" yet I constantly get messages sent for manual approval even when the person is on the mailing list.
If there a process I should follow to diagnose this situation?
Thanks in advance, --tal
P.S. I'm runing mailman-1.1 on Red Hat Linux 6.1.
Quoting Tom Limoncelli (tal@research.bell-labs.com):
Now the problem: I have 'Restrict posting privilege to list members?' set to "yes" yet I constantly get messages sent for manual approval even when the person is on the mailing list.
If there a process I should follow to diagnose this situation?
Look to see if they have a "Sender:" header. Netscrape Mail, and probably some other programs written by people with only a passing familiarity with RFCs, inserts an invalid "Sender:" header a lot of the time. Since this Sender disagrees with the address of the person on the list, mailman puts the message aside for manual approval.
It's a pain in the ass. If the person *is* using Netscape under Unix or Linux, tell them to exit Netscape, and put the following in $HOME/.netscape/preferences.js
user_pref("mail.suppress_sender_header", true);
-- Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com>, not speaking for anybody Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
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