> Most of those kinds of messages, on my lists, and I have over 60, are > spam. You can set Mailman to discard all "held" messages, so you won't > ever see them. They will also discard member posts from different > addresses, etc., but this may be a small price to pay for not having to go > through them.
thanks... unfortunately the client in this case does want to approve messages from members because they need to make sure the information is relevant and correct. it's for a press company so fact checking is important for them... > David Andrews > > At 08:06 PM 4/19/2005, you wrote: >>> Those messages aren't approved -- they're held. >> >> >>ok, Brad. thanks. sure. they are held. held for approval. they are not >>"approved". true. >> >>are they from subscribed members? some. most are not. >> >>but the setting says members_postings_only = 'yes' (ONLY!) >> >>ok. >> >>but there are about 60-70% messages that come from non members. they are >>held too. held for approval. or to be discarded. why? >> >>i don't know. they are not members. they should not be held. at all. >> >>in short the logic says: "no, they should not even considered to be held >>for approval. they are sent to the list by non members (spammers). the >>list is restricted so that ONLY members can post. that means any post >> from >>anybody not on the list doesn't matter - it's not important. shouldn't be >>held for approval." >> >>what is not clear in the statement members_postings_only='yes'? >>'yes' or 'only'? i guess i'm hanging on "only". wouldn't you? >> >>sorry.... thanks... >> >> >>> -- >>> Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little >>temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." >>> >>> -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania >>Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 >>> >>> SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info. >>> >> >> >>-- >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------ >>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/dandrews%40visi.com >> >>Security Policy: >> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------ 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