[Mailman-Developers] Cute TMDA use

[J C Lawrence]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:48:30 -0700 
Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com> wrote:
> On 7/29/02 4:31 PM, "Barry A. Warsaw" <barry@python.org> wrote:

>> I guess if the default moderation bit is set, then we wouldn't send
>> out the confirmation message, and non-member postings would have to
>> be approved just like they are today.

> I would set things up so that they don't go into the moderation queue
> until they're confirmed, and then moderated as normal. The moderator
> stuff doesn't change, except that the moderator doesn't see them until
> the user confirms them. That closes the hole of the moderator having
> to deal with spam to the posting address. So basically, you put TMDA
> in front of the moderator, not replace the moderator in that case. The
> list is still moderated, just whitelisted THEN moderated.

Precisely.

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