> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:06:43 -0400 (EDT) > From: "kalin mintchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] member_posting_only > To: "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: mailman-users@python.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > 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...
IFIRC, you stated you were using Mailman 2.0 and that was a big complaint from list admins on my Mailman server. Upgrade to 2.1 and then you can set the generic_nonmember_action to discard and eliminate all of the junk from non-member address. Sean ------------------------------------------------------ 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
