Mark Morrissey wrote: >One of the topics that comes up periodically is whether or not to close >the list. By 'close', I mean invoke the majordomo option that restricts >postings such that the originating email address must be subscribed to the >list for the posting to be successful. > >In the past, this has been opposed as some people want to read at one >location and reply from a different location (such as work and home). This >would necessitate subscribing from multiple locations. > The expedient solution is that "closed" doesn't just reject non-subscriber posts, it routes them to the moderator for moderation. Under MailMan (competitor to Majordomo) it offers the moderator a 1-button click for "accept this address forevermore" so that the moderator only has to approve a post from a subscriber's posting address once. I don't know whether Majordomo can do this kind of thing. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ Chief Scientist, Immunix http://immunix.com http://www.immunix.com/shop/ "I'm not opinionated, I'm right" :)
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