On 5/3/05 10:06 AM, Staven Bruce at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dale, > > What I do for an announcment only list is to ensure the moderated bit is set > for all list members, then I set Mailman to reject all e-mail from moderated > users. I include a "rejected" message explaining that the list is for > annoucements only and ask users to contact us another way. I then set > Mailman to discard any and all mail from non-list members. > > I do not know if Mailman can automatically except messages from a specific > address, however I would not recommend doing that as the designated address > or addresses could be "spoofed", allowing your list to be spammed. What I do > is add a few manual steps to the posting process and have the administrator > of each list turn off their moderated bit before sending an announcement to > the list, then have them reset it after the message is sent.
See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.034.htp> about how to use an "Approved" header to deal with this issue. -- Larry Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonejongleux.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
