[ mailman-Feature Requests-1079885 ] listinfo page incorrectly states that I can post to a list

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Feature Requests item #1079885, was opened at 2004-12-06 10:14
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ian Eiloart (ianeiloart)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: listinfo page incorrectly states that I can post to a list

Initial Comment:
It would be useful if the listinfo page could check whether non-
members can post (generic_nonmember_action), and check for 
additional restrictions on postings (like 
default_member_moderation).

I had a complaint from a user yesterday that a listinfo page was 
misleading. It says something like "To post a message to all the 
list members, send email to foo at example.com", when the list in 
question is actually an announcement only list - so not even list 
members can do that.

Not such a problem, except that right above is the notice "To see 
the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the FOO  Archives.  
(The current archive is only available to the list members.)". Now, 
this implies that the listinfo page is being smart about what people 
can and cannot do. Indeed it is smart about warning that 
subscriptions, archives, and membership lists are restricted - but 
not about posting.

It would be useful if the listinfo page could check whether non-
members can post (generic_nonmember_action), and check for 
additional restrictions on postings (like 
default_member_moderation), and say something like:

"To post a message to all the list members, send email to 
foo at example.com (posts from non-members may|will be 
accepted|moderated|rejected|discarded)",

where accepted|moderated|rejected|discarded is the setting from 
generic_non_member_action and may|will is "will" iff 
accept_these_nonmembers etc, are not set. I guess that inspecting 
the list of *_these_nonmembers settings will give a list of possible 
responses to a non-member posting.

"To post a message to all the list members, send email to 
foo at example.com (permitted posters only)", as appropriate.

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