At 8:03 AM +0200 5/9/03, Mans Nilsson wrote:
>I have a list where only Editors may post, other need approval.
>I've set it as follows:
>
>Send= Editor,hold
>
>and then I have a number of Editor= lines, so that the machines that
>post autonotices (it is the distribution list for our trouble-ticket
>system) to it.  I had one of the machines (that due to severe brain-
>death in its  administrators does  not accept replies,  there is not
>even a MX record or A record for it.   That is The Phone Company for
>you) can post directly, and not need approval. This works as long as
>the machines  do not change their From:  address without telling us.
>Then, in theory, postings go to the Editor= who can approve them.
>
>I had one of the machines as the first Editor= like so:
>
>Editor= [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>
>Suddenly they changed their From: which did indeed trigger a posting
>to the Editor= with a request for approval.  But,  only to the FIRST
>email address. Which is a machine. That does not accept mail.
>
>My question:  Is it as should bem that only the first address on the
>Editor= line that should get the approvals? Why have several Editors
>then? Is this documented?  Can it be adjusted? Oh, btw; I'm on 1.8d.

If a message comes in, and it is from one of the listed editors, the
message will go back to that editor for confirmation.  In other
words, editors confirm their own messages.

If a message comes in from any other address (it's from a non-editor
in other words) then by default it goes to the first-listed editor.

If you want to override this, it's most simply done using the
Moderator= keyword.

Moderator= first@address,second@address,...,last@address

With the above setup, the first message from a non-editor goes to the
first moderator for approval, the second such message goes to the
second moderator, and so on.

If you want all messages to go to all moderators for approval, so
that any one of them can approve it, use

Moderator= All,list@of,mod@erators,..
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