[Mailman-Users] how to disable "post requires approval" messages

Crni Gorac cgorac at gmail.com
Sat Mar 4 13:35:36 CET 2006


On 3/4/06, Glenn Sieb <ges+lists at wingfoot.org> wrote:
> Crni Gorac said the following on 3/4/2006 3:28 AM:
> > I'm administering couple mailing list and during last time each day
> > I'm receiving  dozen of "... post from ... requires approval" messages
> > ("As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the
> > following mailing list posting...") for each list, because spammers
> > are trying to go trough.  So I'm wondering how to disable sending this
> > kind of messages to list administrator address?  I was looking trough
> > Mailman administrative interface for my list, but wasn't able to find
> > anything appropriate...
>
> What you really need here is good spam filtering so that those messages
> never make it to the lists. Disabling those administrative messages is
> really a Bad Idea.. :-\
>
> Personally, I use AMaViS and SpamAssassin, with the SpamAssassin handler
> for Mailman... it works like a charm!
>
> Best,
> --Glenn
>
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>           ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
>



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