Re: [Mailman Site List] gnome-hackers problem

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 18:50 +0700, Ross Golder wrote:
> 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.
> 
right, I guess that's the best thing to do then.
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@ximian.com>