[Mailman-Users] Added email address to "posters" in list config, but user's email must be approved each time, why?

[Kenneth A. Wolcott]

Kenneth A. Wolcott wrote:
> Mark Sapiro wrote:
>   
>> Kenneth A. Wolcott wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>  I added a user's email address to the "posters" variable in the 
>>> specific list config file, but still the user's email must be approved 
>>> each time.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Did you add the address to 'posters' via the web admin interface or
>> some other method that actually updated the lists/<listname>/config.db
>> file?
>>   
>>     
>
>   No.  I modified the config file directly.  I hadn't looked in the 
> Private section from the web interface previously.  I recently started 
> using the master password since no one could remember what the regular 
> mailman admin password was.  Prior to using the master password, I 
> didn't have access to the web interface and I was trying to do 
> everything as root from the command line.  I just now added the email 
> address via the web interface in the Private section.
>   
>>   
>>     
>>>  Why is this?  Do I need to shutdown and restart Mailman for the config 
>>> changes to take effect?
>>>     
>>>       
>> You shouldn't need to do this for list settings as they are loaded from
>> the config.db each time the list is accessed.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Cool.
>   
>>   
>>     
>>>  I then subscribed the user.  Still had to manually approve email 
>>> messages.  I then unsubscribed the user.
>>>     
>>>       
>> This indicates the From: or Sender: header of the post as received from
>> the user has an address which is (perhaps subtly) different from the
>> address you are subscribing.
>>
>>   
>>     
> I think that the modification of the poster field via the web interface 
> will solve the problem.  I'll find out the next time the email (once 
> daily) gets generated whether or not it gets posted automatically or 
> not.  If this doesn't work then I'll look into the (subtle) differences 
> in the email headers.
>
> Thanks so much for your reply,
> Ken Wolcott
> kwolcott at cloudshield.com
>
>
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>   
  Adding the poster via the web interface solved the problem.  I no 
longer have to accept the postings from this virtual user.

Thank you,
Ken W.