On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:37:08 EDT, Ton van den Bogert <[log in to unmask]>  said:

> - Postings from non-subscribers receive a rejection message (which hopefully
>   can be edited in the MAILTPL file)

> The manual only mentions a "Semi-Moderated" option, but this seems
> risky to me.

It seems to work just fine for many sites.

> Why we need this?  We are now using "Send= Editor,Hold".  This weekend we
> had 63 postings requiring approval and only 7 were legitimate postings...

Ahh.. but the crucial statistic is - how many of the OTHER 54 postings
were from list subscribers?  If few/none were from subscribers, and all 7
of the "legitimate" ones were, that's an excellent case for semi-moderated.

Of course, if you are having a rampant virus/worm burn that's ejecting lots
of total garbage to your lists from subscribers, the only real solution here
is to get a proper virus filter and/or change to different e-mail software.
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech