On 12/21/2015 12:24 PM, Adrian Pepper wrote: > I struggled with this problem until I unearthed this gem from the archive. > In addition we were using aliases as moderators, so I thought that was the > key problem, but subsequent testing suggests there is no such restriction. > Is that correct? So it is alright to use an alias as list administrator > or moderator, but moderator recipients must simply know the "trick" of > replying to the contained message, not the overall message.
Mailman doesn't care who the confirmation email is From:. If the confirm token is correct and the message is sent to the proper place, that's all that's required. Also, see the FAQ article at <http://wiki.list.org/x/4030693>. > I struggled so long with this I thought I'd post my dumpster diving > and added observations in case it helped anyone else. I didn't find > anything like the following in a FAQ. > > Note also, that this moderation message is a multipart/mixed message > and the part that says "If you reply to this message, keeping the > Subject: header intact ..." is it's own message/rfc822 part and it's > that message part you must reply to with the Approved: <password> > line, not the "outer" message. > > Perhaps mention of this should be added. My apologies if it's already > there and my web and keyword searches overlooked it. I just added a FAQ article at <http://wiki.list.org/x/17891907>. Feel free to edit it if you wish. Instructions for obtaining write access to the wiki are at <http://wiki.list.org/FrontPage>. -- Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
