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"Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843" <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:59:00 EDT
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>What if there was a Send=Private,Review type of setting that says:
>Anyone subbed to the list directly can post to the list directly.
>All other postings to the list go to the Moderator/Editor/Owner for
>review.   This takes care of people actually subbed to the list from
>a different address being able to get postings through (the long way),
>and makes sure spam gets intercepted.  Yes, it's more work for the owner,
>but then the address can be corrected to reflect the real header.
 
LISTSERV does this via
 
* SEND= EDITOR
* EDITOR= realowner,(listname)
 
where the parens ARE required, and listname is the ... name of the list.
 
This is part of what some folks call "self-moderation" -- works good
unless you have alot of subscribers posting from re-distribution lists.
 
/Pete Weiss at Penn State

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