[Mailman-Users] Need ability to allow emails with specificsubject line

[Jason Pruim]

On Feb 19, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:

> Savoy, Melinda wrote:
>
>> You are correct to say that I do not know the email addresses that  
>> could
>> possibly use the form.
>>
>> Thanks anyway.
>
>
> Did you read the rest of my reply quoted below? It contains a solution
> (if you still want to do it after reading Cyndi's reply). If you don't
> understand the solution, but are interested, please ask specific
> questions about it.

Hi Mark,

I actually have a question about this... Normally, I create an archive  
of all the mailing lists that I run, if I were to add a header that  
said Approved: <My super Hard password> would that get archived? I'll  
be honest, I haven't taken the time to read through the possibilities,  
but thought I would ask you real quick :)

Off to google and the docs to see what I can figure out!


>
>
>
>>
>> If your web form actually generates the email to the list, you can
>> generate it with an
>>
>> Approved: <password>
>>
>> header, where <password> is the list admin or list moderator password
>> (moderator would be safer in case it gets inadvertently exposed via  
>> your
>> web application).
>>
>> This 'pre-approves' the mail and bypasses the membership tests. The
>> header is removed from the mail to the list members so the password
>> isn't exposed that way.
>
> -- 
> Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>
>

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Jason Pruim
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MQC Specialist
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