On 1/29/26 14:04, Peter Chubb via Mailman-users wrote:
Hi Folks, Is there a simple way to set up the defaults for any newly created lists? We've had a few cases recently where in the time between creating a mass-populated list and making it private it's been inundated with spam.
I'd like to change the defaults so newly-created lists are private and have private archives, new members are moderated, etc., to give time for the list to be set up completely before announcing it to the world.
Actually, I think the 'private-default' list style does almost all you want except for new members moderated. https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman/-/issues/871 asks for that to be changed, however the 'private-default' list style sets the subscription policy to confirm then moderate so spammers can't subscribe and post without their subscriptions being approved by a moderator.
You can implement a new list style to do exactly what you want. See https://gitlab.com/mailman/example-mailman-plugin for information about implementing a plugin to do that. Also see https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/styles/docs... for general information on list styles.
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