-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Aug 11, 2006, at 8:52 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 4:35 PM -0400 2006-08-11, Barry Warsaw wrote: > >> Although I have not implemented it yet, Mailman 2.2 will definitely >> get auto-moderation. IOW, should a non-member send a message to a >> mailing list, and if that mailing list is so configured, Mailman >> will >> hold the message and send a message to the From address asking for >> verification of the post. I'm assuming this is what you mean by >> "auto-moderation". > > I'm confused. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're talking about, > Mailman 2.1.x already does this today. You try to post to a list > that is restricted to subscribers only, and then your message may be > rejected, or you may get a message saying that the post is being held > for moderation, or it may get silently thrown away, etc.... It all > depends on how the listowner has configured things, but to this > level, this kind of thing works today. Today, held messages still have to be approved by the moderator. What I propose is to allow posters to self-moderate, simply by verifying that their address is real. This probably means a clickable link and (maybe) a header cookie for replying. Think Gmane's auto-moderation approach. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBROBvmHEjvBPtnXfVAQJogQQAqMF/7HmCBTMmeEnuwwBAjf+4Ny8n7gpG 8IdqTllrfHcdlwD39NIDC9v+DTczk6xoS3AbyOp5oBFvmk3ZZicoNQXaO/FwuXoE v3SZxrC7axBaPAMtssv0qsBCA8XHt5lCmNU+pvKrSw/4y7sKd3erj+309x0kqBDr 8hPgB8eHjK8= =6Qk7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
