Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread George Theall
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:34:10PM +0200, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > Should the moderator password be in the mail header? Yes, in a header labelled "Approved". [This can also appear as the first line in the message body.] Mailman will remove the header (line) and automatically send out the mess

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
Wouldn't it be too easy for someone to change their sender address and get their spam out to our customers? Configure the list to be moderated and alter your script so it includes the moderation password in a header line. Interesting. Should the moderator password be in the mail header? Thanks, J

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
How can we secure our list server? That would be a very real risk. One thing you could do is make the Mailman server sit behind a firewall, and accept incoming connections only from your local network. This would mean that someone would have to be able to get access to one of your interna

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread George Theall
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 02:40:15PM +0200, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > Wouldn't it be too easy for someone to change their sender address and > get their spam out to our customers? Configure the list to be moderated and alter your script so it includes the moderation password in a header line.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 2:40 PM +0200 2004-08-27, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: How can we secure our list server? Just add all the necessary addresses to the list of addresses that are allowed to post to the list. Moderate all other senders. Wouldn't it be too easy for someone to change their sender address and get t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Heiner Lamprecht
On Friday 27 August 2004 14:40, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > > Wouldn't it be too easy for someone to change their sender > address and get their spam out to our customers? You mentioned, the newsletter will be sent by a script. Could it be an option to extend the script a bit? F.e. you can add th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
We will use Mailman to send our newsletter. This newsletter will be sent from the same server every time. The mailing-list will not be moderated, as the newsletter will be sent automatically by a script, sometimes in the weekend where no staff is at work. How can we secure our list server? Just add

Re: [Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Ian Eiloart
--On Friday, August 27, 2004 2:07 pm +0200 Jacob Friis Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We will use Mailman to send our newsletter. This newsletter will be sent from the same server every time. The mailing-list will not be moderated, as the newsletter will be sent automatically by a script, som

[Mailman-Users] Make sure that only our newsletter can be delivered to a mailing-list that is not moderated

2004-08-27 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
We will use Mailman to send our newsletter. This newsletter will be sent from the same server every time. The mailing-list will not be moderated, as the newsletter will be sent automatically by a script, sometimes in the weekend where no staff is at work. How can we secure our list server? -- Be