Christopher Adams wrote: >I have a script that monthly removes the members of a list and then updates it >from another file. >The default for all members is 'moderated',including the only person who will >send messages, so as >to prevent spammers from spoofing list owners email and sending to the 40,000 >member list.
If you're not using bin/sync_members in your script, you might want to consider it. >I just need to clarify a couple of things about posting to lists. My tests >show that if a subscriber >is moderated and also is listed as a non-member who has permission to post, a >post from that person >is considered a post from a moderated member. > >So, assuming the above, the only way to allow this person to post without >having to go through the >approval process would be to send a message with the Approved: password as >the first line. > >Could someone verify that this is correct? Are there any other configuration >options that would make >this work without the sender having to intervene or send the Approved:password >line? > I won't guarantee that there's no way, but as long as you don't change the pipeline, I believe that there are no configurations that would allow a moderated member to post without an Approved: header/line without going through moderation. Of course, if there are unmoderated members or non-members allowed to post, the moderated member could spoof one of these other addresses and post that way, but you seem to have that covered. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ 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
