ARCHIVED: In Majordomo, how can I restrict who may send messages to my list?

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UITS has retired the Majordomo list server at Indiana University Bloomington. If you were the primary owner of an IUB Majordomo list, you can no longer use it to send mail. If you'd like to create a new mailing list, anyone with an IU Network ID username and passphrase can request a LISTSERV list. For instructions, see ARCHIVED: At IU, how do I request a new LISTSERV list? Also, for a collection of documents with general LISTSERV information, and information about owning and subscribing to LISTSERV lists at IU, see the Knowledge Base menu ARCHIVED: LISTSERV, distribution lists, and mass mailing.

Note: You should never send commands to the address of the Majordomo mailing list (e.g., to listname@host.domain, where listname is the name of the list, and host.domain is the name of the computer where the list resides); only messages intended for members of the list should be sent to the list's address. Rather, send commands to the administrative address of your Majordomo list (e.g., to majordomo@host.domain). Additionally, send all commands in the body of the message; commands in the "Subject:" line of messages are ignored.

The most common way to restrict postings to your Majordomo list is to configure your list as "moderated". The information below tells you how to make the appropriate changes to your config file. For information about viewing and changing your config file, see the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: Using Majordomo, how do I see or change the configuration of my mailing list?

In your config file, you'll find a line that says "moderate = no". Someone on your list's designated approval list must approve all messages sent to your list, if you change this to:

  moderate = yes

If your list is busy, the approver may find it inconvenient to approve all of the messages sent to the list.

One way to avoid this problem is to configure your list to allow subscribers to send messages to it without approval, while others will still have to submit their messages to the approver before they can appear on the list. To do this, make sure your list's config file says "moderate = no", and then change the "restrict_post" line in the config file so that it reads:

  restrict_post = listname

Replace listname with the name of your list.

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Last modified on 2018-01-18 10:11:02.