Stan Ryckman wrote:

> Aside from that, though, avoiding all of approval, confirmation,
> or password verification opens the door to forgeries; the
> "From:" header is easy to forge from many types of systems
> and mail clients.

Exactly.  This particular list is an "official information" list and it
would be very unfortunate for someone to be able to just set their mail
program to say they were the authorized poster and have a false or forged
message be distributed as "official."

I've finished setting up the list and it's working well with the "OK"
mechanism. The secretary who will make the posts understands the rationale
and had no problem approving her own posts.  Thanks to all for your
considered thoughts on this.

Mark Hunnibell
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