On Fri, May 4, 2018, at 9:50 AM, andrew@fsf.org wrote:

Hello Mailman3 users and maintainers,

I'm wondering whether it would be possible for Mailman3 to act like a private forum. I know that Mailman3 has private lists and may allow for custom authenticators. However making some lists private seems to be different than making all list signups and archives public to those who are able to log in, but hidden from all users who cannot. Would Mailman3 be able to act like a forum that hides or shows lists based on whether someone is logged in?

So, you can keep the lists private and allow posts only from members. This would allow you to use the Mailing List as a private discussion list. You can keep the archives private and only accessible to the list members, but I *think* that they still show up in the list of all Mailing Lists in archivers, even though you can't really access them unless you are a member. If that bothers you, I don't think it will be a very big change to achieve that.

-- Abhilash Raj maxking@asynchronous.in