On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:51:34 +0100 Russell, D (Duncan) said: >Hi all, > >A quick query, in the site managers manual, there seem to be two >contradictory entries regarding what happens to a post from a non-subscriber >to a moderated mailing list. >On the one hand section 13.3.1 states that non-subscriber mail will be >rejected, whilst section 14.1 says that non-subscriber mail would be >moderated. Can you confirm that the latter is true, it seemed to work when I >tried some quick tests but would like confirmation before telling my list >owners about this. You are correct. I think I typoed in the manual in 13.3.1. Of course the messages sent to a list with Send= Editor would be moderated. >Whichever is true is there a way of switching between the two, there doesn't >seem to be any way of coding e.g. "send= private, editor" or is there ?, >or alternatively "send= public, editor". In a case like this I think I would use * Send= Private * Default-Options= Review and then set everyone EXCEPT the editors/moderators to REVIEW (all subsequent new subscribers would automatically be set to REVIEW). This effectively rejects non-subscriber posts and sends all subscriber posts to the editor for approval. You may be interested to know that LSTSRV-L and LSTOWN-L are both * Send= Public * Default-Options= Review which works similarly to avoid random spam getting on the list...it's a bit of work for me because I have to vet all new subscribers, but I'd rather do that than listen to the screaming when spam gets through :) Nathan