Overview
How to configure a Mailman list to allow only subscribers to post.
How do I use this technology?
Mailman allows you to choose what to do with incoming messages.
- Go to your list’s administration pages at:
https://lists.uaa.alaska.edu/mailman/admin/<listname>
where listname is replaced by the actual name of your list. Login with your list owner password.
- Click on Privacy Options
- Scroll down to Non-member filters.
- Locate the option labeled Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined.
The available options are
- Accept: Allows all messages from non-members to be posted/sent to the list. Do not select this option!
- Hold: Default, holds all message from non-members for list owners, or moderators to review and take action on.
- Reject: Prevents the email from being posted to the list; however, a notice will be sent to the sender indicating the message was rejected.
- Discard: Prevents the email from being posted to the list; however, a notice will not be sent to the sender indicating the message was rejected.
Select either Reject or Discard.
- Click Submit Your Changes.
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