[Mailman-Users] order of checking in mailman
Jeff Garvas
jeff at cia.net
Mon Jun 3 23:13:26 CEST 2002
I've found either a configuration error (on my part) or a possible flaw in
the way mailman checks posts to lists. Others may not consider this a
flaw, and I appologize if I've managed to miss this in any previous
discussions.
I created a list for testing and told it to limit posts to those
individuals who are already subscribed to the list.
Then I told it to make the list moderated, forcing approval of each
message.
It appears when I send messages to the list from a non-subscribed address,
they show up in the administrative tasks as "Reason: Post to moderated
list" when in fact they should show up (in my opinion) as "Reason: Post by
non-member to a members-only list"
Otherwise, unless I'm missing something, you have no way of knowing if the
moderated post you're reading is from a list-subscriber or not.
Is there a way to make mailman check the subscription issue prior to
simply bouncing the message to the queue due to the list being moderated?
The only flaw I can see is if this would cause the message to go through
the approval process twice, but I'm sure that could be solved as well.
p.s. - I wrote this out and then realized I'm mailing a mailing list, so
if you reply, please consider sending it to me directly or via a cc:
Thanks!
-jeff
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