[Mailman-Users] Weirdness

[Lawrence Bowie]

Lawrence Bowie wrote:
> Mark Sapiro wrote:
>> Lawrence Bowie wrote:
>>> OK .. Here is the reason it says ..
>>>
>>>
>>> 	Reason:  	Post by non-member to a members-only list
>>>
>>>
>>> but he is a member of the list. Are headers necessary for you guys to see?
>>
>> What is the subscribed address?
>>
>> What are the following headers in the message
>>
>> From:
>> Reply-To:
>> Sender:
>> Return-Path:
>> and the From_ separator in a mailbox file if any.
>>
>> And have you made any changes to the default
>>
>> SENDER_HEADERS = ('from', None, 'reply-to', 'sender')
>>
>> (above from Defaults.py)
>>
>>
> 
> Here are my settings .. USE_ENVELOPE_SENDER description is seemingly the problem 
> I am having. But I have it set to, "No". ... Maybe I am interpreting it wrong ..
> 
> 
> 
> # When allowing only members to post to a mailing list, how is the sender of
> # the message determined?  If this variable is set to Yes, then first the
> # message's envelope sender is used, with a fallback to the sender if there is
> # no envelope sender.  Set this variable to No to always use the sender.
> #
> # The envelope sender is set by the SMTP delivery and is thus less easily
> # spoofed than the sender, which is typically just taken from the From: header
> # and thus easily spoofed by the end-user.  However, sometimes the envelope
> # sender isn't set correctly and this will manifest itself by postings being
> # held for approval even if they appear to come from a list member.  If you
> # are having this problem, set this variable to No, but understand that some
> # spoofed messages may get through.
> USE_ENVELOPE_SENDER = No
> 
> # Membership tests for posting purposes are usually performed by looking at a
> # set of headers, passing the test if any of their values match a member of
> # the list.  Headers are checked in the order given in this variable.  The
> # value None means use the From_ (envelope sender) header.  Field names are
> # case insensitive.
> SENDER_HEADERS = ('from', None, 'reply-to', 'sender')
> 
> 
> 
> 
> LDB
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I forgot to mention that the posts are coming from the local servers on the
network within the same domain.

Thanks,

LDB