Garvin Hicking wrote: > >I want to use Mailman in a "posting-only" setup with a few hundred >users. Setup so far with mailman 2.1.6 on a Debian-Exim System went >smooth so far. > >What I want now is that only one single user is allowed to post to the >list, all other users may only read what's posted. I can achieve this >via setting all but one member to "moderated". This one member can then >post to the list, and the list would use his email adress as the >mailinglist adress. > >The problem with this is that every user can now send mails to the list >by just faking the "From" Adress with that one posting user.
Set everyone moderated and use an Approved: header to post. See the FAQ - article 3.11 >Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py >The only way to bypass this seems to either: > >1.) Enable global moderation. That is a bit cumbersome since I have to >visit the admin panel each time I post a message. But then I can control >that no other user abuses the mail adress to post. Post with an Approved: header - see above. >2.) "Obfuscate" the posting user mail adress, so that users only see >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" instead of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Since nobody sees/knows >this >mail adress, this is fairly safe. However the drawback is that all mails >are now sent with the mail adress of the list: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > >Now I want to use method 2) but I also want that the From: Field looks like: > >From: "My personal newsletter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The problem is I cannot get a way to pass this "My personal newsletter" >string into the headers. There seems to be no configuration directive >for this field, and it is always autogenerated via "From: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > >Which core Python file would I need to hack to inject this descriptive >string? Or is there some other way to set an explicit "From" adress, so >that I can enter '"My Personal Newsletter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' somewher in >the interface? In Mailman 2.1.6, you should be able to just set anonymous_list to Yes and list_description to My personal newsletter (in 2.1.6, the From: for an anonymous list is "list_description <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"). -- 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