On 10/4/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q1: I want to allow certain legitimate non-subscribers to post > to my Mailman mailing list. What are my alternatives? > > A: There's a setting for allowing/disallowing non-member > (non-subscriber) posts called generic_nonmember_action. It's in > the Sender Filters menu. Set it to "accept" or "hold" (the > latter allowing you, the list owner, to inspect nonmember posts > before letting them go through). > > That's the most straightforward way. The downside is you're open > to spam that way -- which is why the default setting for > generic_nonmember_action is "reject". The good news is, we'll be > rolling out a new anti-spam feature soon that we hope will > mitigate this problem significantly. > > Alternatively, mailing-list owners can manually > populate/maintain a list of non members who are allowed to post. > This is done with the "accept_these_nonmembers" option (also > found in the Sender Filters menu). >
Apart from Accept/Reject, I believe the third option that has always been available is for the mails to go into moderation queue when submitted by a non-member. The downside is that the list admin will have additional work. If the assumption that most of the traffic is from members & that from non-members are one off cases is true, then it shouldn't be an issue. -Shiv _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
