I have an unmoderated SmartList mailing list with foreign_submit off. On a few occasions, subscribers have sent messages to the list, and have copied people who are not on the list. When those people respond, their messages bounce to the list maintainer (i.e. me).
What's the right way to approve those messages, so that they do go to the list?
I tried setting an Approved header, as you would if the list were moderated and the person was subscribed. This would work in Majordomo, regardless of whether the person were subscribed or the list were moderated. However, the message bounces back to me, presumably because the person is not subscribed.
I've managed to do it by adding the person's e-mail address to accept2, and reforwarding the message to the list. I'm not crazy about this as a solution. Is there a correct way to accomplish this?
Thanks!
-Eugene
Eugene Eric Kim wrote:
I have an unmoderated SmartList mailing list with foreign_submit off. On a few occasions, subscribers have sent messages to the list, and have copied people who are not on the list. When those people respond, their messages bounce to the list maintainer (i.e. me).
What's the right way to approve those messages, so that they do go to the list?
1) You can forward it (possibly quoted) to the list. This of course assumes that you are on the accept list yourself. It has the advantage that list members get aware that the original sender is not on the list; when replying, they hopefully do not refer to topics recently discussed on the list (of which the sender of the forwarded message probably has no idea), nor disclose internal information (depending on the nature of your list).
2) Have a look at http://www.ha-schneider.de/software/smartlist/ The stuff you are looking for is right at the top.
Yours,
Hans-Albert Schneider
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Hans-Albert Schneider wrote:
- Have a look at http://www.ha-schneider.de/software/smartlist/ The stuff you are looking for is right at the top.
Thanks, Hans! This is exactly what I was looking for.
-Eugene
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