Re: [Mailman Site List] gnome-hackers problem

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

On พฤ., 2004-11-04 at 12:39 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 16:25 +0700, Ross Golder wrote:
> > On พ., 2004-11-03 at 14:01 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > Seems something's wrong on the
> > > gnome-hackers/gnome-private/gnome-private-members list.
> > > 
> > > Before, it was setup so that gnome-hackers has only 2 subscribers:
> > > gnome-private-members and gnome-hackers-readonly. All posts from people
> > > subscribed to gnome-private-members should be automatically accepted in
> > > gnome-hackers/gnome-private.
> > > 
> > > Seems this is not the case, and while getting mail is working, sending
> > > mail leaves all messages in the admin queue.
> > > 
> > > I have been looking for some settings I recalled in mailman for setting
> > > all this, but can't find it. Can you help me please?
> > 
> > The mailman that we were running before the widget compromise had a few
> > hacks and patches in place, if I recall. We're now running a fairly
> > standard mailman setup (easier to maintain/upgrade etc).
> > 
> > If we add 'gnome-listadmin@gnome.org' to the list of maintainers for the
> > lists involved, couldn't we just approve the messages in the admin queue
> > manually?
> > 
> well, that's what I've been doing these last weeks/months. I was asking
> for some setting to accept them automatically.
> 
> Of course, if you add gnome-listadmin to the list of maintainers and
> help me approve all mails, it should be easier. But people will still
> continue getting the 'your message is held for approval' mail

If we add legitimate addresses to the 'allowed sender addresses', that
might automate things to a certain extent.

--
Ross