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"Sneed, James" <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:27:37 -0400
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You'll probably need to repopulate your list so that these changes apply to all the subscribers.

-----Original Message-----
From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Russell
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 11:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Moderation notice posted to list

On 10/2/2009 10:29, Pete Weiss wrote:
> At 07:47 10/2/2009 Friday, Sneed, James wrote:
>> You might want to add DEFAULT = NOPOST to the list's configuration. Having
>> this in your configuration will stop anyone except the editors and owners
>>from posting to the list.
>
> Wouldn't that be:
>
> DEFAULT-OPTIONS = NOPOST
>
> And if the owners/editors are being spoofed, wouldn't that still be a problem?
>
> /Pete
>

If the potential for forged postings is a major issue, require confirmation on
posting.  We do this by default for most of our "announcement" lists.

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Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame

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