[BlueOnyx:11043] Re: Mailman prob

[Chuck Tetlow]

OK. Answering my own question - since I found the resolution.  Just thought that others might need it.

When you create a new e-mail list in Mailman - it will demand moderator approval of every message, even if you configure it for no moderator approval.  I spent many hours trying to figure out why it kept demanding moderator approval - even though the list was set to "Only subscribers can Post Messages", and no list members were set for moderator approval.

So in searching, I found there is a default setting under the PRIVACY SETTINGS, and RECIPIENT FILTERS.  The first option on that page is "Must posts have list named in destination field".  This is the problem.  Since BX creates the site as HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.TLD - the default e-mail address is username at hostname.domain.TLD (as in listmembers at www.tetlow.net).  But of course, the e-mail list address desired (and works) is listname at domain.TLD - like listmembers at tetlow.net.  No hostname in the e-mail address.  And that's the problem.

Since the BX site default is username at host.domain.TLD - Mailman is looking for that exact address.  And with that privacy setting set on YES - it will hold and demand a moderator approval for any message that doesn't have that exact address.  So when I sent a test message to listmembers at www.tetlow.net, it went through.  But a message to listmembers at tetlow.net would wait for approval. 

That's the fix - set the option "Must posts have list named in destination field" to NO.  And it will now work without the hostname in the e-mail address.

The down side - there's a very small chance some SPAM might get through to the list with that option turned off.  But its unlikely.

Hope that helps all those with similar Mailman problems.  I'm still trying to figure out how to set that configuration's default to NO when creating new lists, and will pass that along if I find it.

Chuck

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Chuck Tetlow" <chuck at tetlow.net> 
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> 
Sent: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:32:28 -0500 
Subject: [BlueOnyx:10996] Re: Mailman prob

> Glad that helped Patrick.
> 
> Now if we could just figure out how to turn off "moderator approvals".
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Patrick Koehne <patrick at koehne-net.de> 
> To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> 
> Sent: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:20:18 +0200 
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:10993] Re: Mailman prob 
> 
> > Hi Chuck! 
> > 
> > Found it! 
> > 
> > Am 22.07.12 17:46, schrieb Chuck Tetlow: 
> > 
> > > I found where to change the prefix in the subject line.  Go to the list 
> > > in the BlueOnyx list and click on the "vsiteMailMan_Admin" button.  It 
> > 
> > Yes. There you can change the subject line prefix. good. 
> > 
> > Now I understand what "they" mean with "umbrella list". 
> > 
> > When you have such a email-address from which mails are forwarded to the 
> > mailman-address it can be configured to be accepted: 
> > 
> > In Mailman Webadmin surface go to: 
> > 
> > privacy options / recipient filters / alias names 
> > 
> > Here you can add the umbrella emailaddress, e.g. listtest at domain.de 
> > 
> > After that mails recieved from there are accepted. 
> > So, I guess that this will also work with the listname on the system itself. 
> > 
> > Best regards 
> > Patrick 
> > 
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