[Mailman-Users] List configuration options, available now or not?

[Dan Mick]

> I have 2 outstanding questions about mailman configuration options:
> 
> 1)  Does mailman have a configuration setting such that everyone who is 
> subscribed to a list can post unmoderated, but email from a non-subscriber 
> will be sent to a moderator for approval?
> 
> Yes or No?

Yes

> To let some non-subscribers post without moderation (a practice that I 
> personally feel has dubious value, since their question might be answered 
> in a post to the list, perhaps in response to someone else asking the same 
> question, but they won't see it because they aren't subscribed), how about 
> implementing simple filter so that if a non-subscriber's post mentions one 
> or more keywords, let it through to the list unmoderated, otherwise it goes 
> to the moderator?
> 
> Is this currently available, or not?

No (at least not without hacking SpamDetect.py or something similar)

> 2)  Is [content filtering on the headers or body, to block messages that 
> are in reply to an entire digest] possible with mailman?  Before I move my 
> majordomo list to a new server with new mailing list software (mailman is 
> the software I'm considering, obviously), it is a requirement that I can 
> configure that software to do the same things I can currently easily do 
> with majordomo.  I don't want to waste my time trying to futz around with 
> installing and configuring mailman before I learn that it won't let me do 
> some of the critical things I need it to do.
> 
> Is this available, or not?

Yes.  Automagically, the messages get held for moderation.  With
hacking of SpamDetect.py (in this case, just adding entries to a 
table), the messages can be rejected without commentary or further
action.