>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> writes:

Mark> On 1/29/26 14:04, Peter Chubb via Mailman-users wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Folks, Is there a simple way to set up the defaults for any
>> newly created lists?  We've had a few cases recently where in the
>> time between creating a mass-populated list and making it private
>> it's been inundated with spam.


Mark> Actually, I think the 'private-default' list style does almost
Mark> all you want except for new members
Mark> moderated. https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman/-/issues/871 asks
Mark> for that to be changed, however the 'private-default' list style
Mark> sets the subscription policy to confirm then moderate so
Mark> spammers can't subscribe and post without their subscriptions
Mark> being approved by a moderator.

Thanks Mark --- how do I make that the default though?  Admins are
creating lists without changing the list style because they don't know
or understand that they can or should change things.  (and searching
for 'defaults' in the docs didn't lead me to styles)

Mark> You can implement a new list style to do exactly what you
Mark> want. See https://gitlab.com/mailman/example-mailman-plugin for
Mark> information about implementing a plugin to do that. Also see
Mark> 
https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/styles/docs/styles.html
Mark> for general information on list styles.

Thanks for the pointers.  I'll try ...

Peter C
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