[Mailman-Users] Hello List

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Wed Dec 16 19:22:00 CET 2009


Geoff Shang wrote:
>
>And of course unmoderate the list admin and anyone else you want to be 
>able to post.


This is not good advice. Everyone should be moderated and posters
should use an Approved: <password> header to post. Otherwise, it's too
easy for an unauthorized poster to spoof an authorized address.
Spammers even do it accidently.


>You should also probably set the list to reject posts from moderated 
>members, otherwise you'll need to manually process posts from anyone who 
>tries to post.


Yes. This is all covered in the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/3YA9>.

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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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