Change the list header from Send= Editor to Send= Editor,hold. This gives you the ability of approving the messages with the "OK" mechanism.
At 12:31 PM -0500 11/17/04, Ian Fairclough wrote
>Dear LSTOWN-L readers,
>
>I recently became the editor of a LISTSERV list. All messages submitted are
>reviewed, because the list is for notification, not discussion, and we wish
>to avoid unwanted postings. So each time someone other than myself submits
>a posting, I get a message which says in part: "If you simply forward it
>[i.e. their message] back to the list, using a mail command that generates
>"Resent-" fields (ask your local user support or consult the documentation
>of your mail program if in doubt), it will be distributed and the
>explanations you are now reading will be removed automatically."
>
>Can I do this using Microsoft Outlook? Right now, all messages have to be
>edited to delete the words about approval, etc., and I have to reenter the
>list name in the "To" line. Plus, everything sent out looks like it
>originated with me. Our computer services people say this is a function of
>an individual e-mail system, but don't know the specific answer, if there is
>one.
>
>Thanks - Ian
>
>Ian Fairclough
>Listowner, DEWEYERROR list
>Marion Public Library
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