[PLUG] Susan on plug list...

wes plug at the-wes.com
Wed Oct 2 04:58:50 UTC 2019


I found an option to set new subscribers to moderated by default, but
nothing about removing the moderation after some number of approvals.

-wes

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 6:06 PM Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 5:12 PM wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
>
> > Do you recall where that option is set?
> >
> > -wes
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 4:46 PM Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't worked with mailman in some time. Other lists that I manage
> > allow
> > > me to set an initial moderation of new subscribers. Most of my lists
> have
> > > this set at 2, but I did set one list at 5 after having a few issues.
> > > Basically, any new subscribers have their first 2 posts moderated
> > > (approved) before they go to the list membership. This has served well
> to
> > > prevent these types of situations. Once the initial moderation is met,
> > the
> > > users messages flow through to the list. It has been very successful in
> > > weeding out the occasional oddity.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019, 12:11 wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 11:49 AM Rich Shepard <
> rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2019, wes wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I locked down the spammer's address immediately after the spam
> was
> > > > sent.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks, Wes.
> > > > >
> > > > > > If the frequency of this continues to increase, we may need to
> look
> > > > into
> > > > > > stronger verifications prior to admission to the list.
> > > > >
> > > > > This has been only the second, or third, time this list has been
> > > spammed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Rich
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > True, but all instances have been relatively recent. I'm not sure
> what
> > > the
> > > > appropriate threshold should be, but I feel like twice in a month
> would
> > > be
> > > > a reasonable time to evaluate.
> > > >
> > > > -wes
> >
>
> My apologies. I wasn't clear. I haven't used mailman in some time. The
> lists I manage these days are all hosted on groups.io. It has a great web
> interface and subscriptions are basically self-service. I don't have to
> keep up with the server management like I did hosting mailman. I know there
> are a lot of features in mailman, and I used to have some lists that were
> fully moderated, but that got to be a lot of work as the list got busy. I
> don't know if the current versions of mailman have an initial moderation
> option for new subscribers or not. That would probably be a question for
> the mailman support forum.
>
> Michael
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