I've read the FAQ and followed the steps at " How to restrict the list so only authorized persons can post:" at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp but it does not answer this question:
I have been charged with creating two lists, each with a limited set of people who are allowed to **post** to the list. One list is an umbrella list ; the other is not. The people who are allowed to post are a subset of members of the list. I see how to allow them to post if they are *not* members of the list , but not if they *are*. I can NOT make these people **moderators** since they are VIP's who will not tolerate being bombarded with any amount of "administrivia". They just want to be able to email the list and have their messages go through. ( the documentation is also unclear about whether members of sub-lists count as administrators). Right now I have created the lists so that all messages are moderated and go to myself or another admin for approval, but that's a poor compromise because it doesn't allow the VIP's posts to go through immediately. The alternative I see would be to subscribe them under an alias that forwards to their real name and hope mailman is fooled, but that is an even worse compromise because they would not be able to access the web interface using their real email address in that case. (a third option seems to be to create a separate unmoderated list for the post-allowed folks, and subscribe to that list an alias which goes to the read-only list, but that seems really painful, and it means all the VIP's on the umbrella list might get everything twice. But this just seems unnecessarily complex) Am I missing something? If so please administer the clue bonk thanks Betsy ------------------------------------------------------ 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
