[Mailman-Users] Moderator action requested for a new subscription?

[Christian F Buser]

Hello Richard Damon. On Sun, 4 Jun 2017 14:58:08 -0400, you wrote:
> On 6/4/17 1:16 PM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> For one of my (5) lists, I received today a request to approve a new 
>> subscriber.
>> 
>> No problem, I thought - there might just be a setting which I have 
>> missed, because the list should work without such an approval. But: 
>> I did not see any difference to any of the other lists.
>> 
>> All have the following options set on the first page of the list setup:
>> 
>> "Send reminders" = No
>> "Send welcome msg" = Yes
>> "Send goodbye msg" = Yes
>> "Admin immed notify" = Yes
>> "Admin notify mchanges" = No
>> "Respond to post requests" = Yes
>> 
>> I can’t find any other setting which would require me to approve new 
>> members. But maybe there is one I missed?
>> 
>> Mailman 2.1.23 on cPanel installation.
>> 
>> Tahnk you for advice, Christian
>> 
> See Privacy Options / Subscription Rules / subscribe_policy
> 
> Sounds like it is set to "Require Approval" or "Confirm and Approve" 
> instead of "Confirm"

Thank you for the quick help, that was it!

Christian 
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