test list rejecting unsubscribed senders

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Wed Dec 5 15:50:22 UTC 2012


On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 09:05:56 -0500,
   Kamil Paral <kparal at redhat.com> wrote:
>If I understand correctly, this list allowed unsubscribed people to post to this list (can somebody confirm?). Today I received complaints that it is no longer possible. It might be related to some adjustments I've made in mailman lately. It might be a bug or it might be just my lame hands.
>
>Please stand by until we resolve the issue, or subscribe to the list to work around the problem. Thanks.

Some of the lists moderate posts from non-subscribers. That only really works 
well if the moderators let appropropriate posts through in a timely manner. 
If there isn't a commitment from moderators, then its probably better to 
outright reject posts from non-subscribers.


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