On February 2, 2026 3:26:40 AM PST, Christian Schneider <christian.schneider@tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
Hello dear Mailman Team,
I scanned through the web interface of my mailman instance... and I did not find an option to disable a list temporarily ("sending" and "access to web interface")... This might come in handy when a list is abused for sending spams or when a list owner wants his/her list to be removed... Instead of removing the list instantly I would disable it for three months first... (You never know with users... ;-) ) Preferably I would backup the list (settings and members) and the archives, but as seen in the discussion there is actually no backup mechanism for lists...
Is there an option to disable a list (except from resetting passwords and remove/disable mail aliases)?
If not I'd like to hand this in as a feature request... xD
There is an emergency moderation setting. It isn't really what you're asking for, but it might be helpful for spam attacks.
As far as backup and restore of lists is concerned, there are issues at <https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman/-/issues/1182> and <https://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/-/issues/13>.
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