Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
On 8/13/20 9:49 AM, joseverde@gmail.com wrote: So if we want to make a list announce only (e.g. only specific folks) can post, I've found I can set the list settings to automatically discard messages from members and non-members. Then I go into the individual permissions on each user to be allowed to post without moderation. This works fine, however it seems cumbersome. Don't we have a list style for announce lists? If we don't, we should.... I don't see what's "cumbersome" about the individual permissions. You need to do something per allowed user, if only sending email to
Mark Sapiro writes: their individual addresses to tell them the password in the anternate method:
There is an alternative. Set a moderator_password for the list. Then anyone can successfully post with an Approved: <password> header or pseudo header if they know the password. Steve
I have a few lists that I set up as announce-only lists by simply dumping all email but that from a couple of authorized members. It's a one-off deal and was trivial to set up. There are more urgent things to spend time on, IMHO. :-)