How can i suppress sending moderation mail to all owners?

Dear list members,
How can I configure the list settings the way that emails intended for moderators are delivered only to them, and not to the owners/administrators of the list?
Best, Markus Grandpré
-- Markus Grandpré (he/him) Universität Konstanz Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum (KIM) Abteilung IT-Dienste Forschung, Lehre und Infrastruktur Sachgebiet Diensteadministration 78457 Konstanz Tel: +49 7531 88-4342D

On August 11, 2025 9:48:00 AM GMT, "Markus Grandpré" <markus.grandpre@uni-konstanz.de> wrote:
How can I configure the list settings the way that emails intended for moderators are delivered only to them, and not to the owners/administrators of the list?
You can't. You could modify code to do this either unconditionally or per list, but there is currently no configuration to do this. L
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> Sent from my Not_an_iThing with standards compliant, open source software.

Thank you for you instant response.
Best, Markus
Am 8/11/25 um 12:46 schrieb Mark Sapiro:
On August 11, 2025 9:48:00 AM GMT, "Markus Grandpré" <markus.grandpre@uni-konstanz.de> wrote:
How can I configure the list settings the way that emails intended for moderators are delivered only to them, and not to the owners/administrators of the list?
You can't. You could modify code to do this either unconditionally or per list, but there is currently no configuration to do this. L
-- Markus Grandpré (he/him) Universität Konstanz Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum (KIM) Abteilung IT-Dienste Forschung, Lehre und Infrastruktur Sachgebiet Diensteadministration 78457 Konstanz Tel: +49 7531 88-4342D

Markus Grandpré writes:
How can I configure the list settings the way that emails intended for moderators are delivered only to them, and not to the owners/administrators of the list?
If the owners are few and well-trusted, you could make them superusers. There are a lot of reasons why that is unattractive, of course.
I think (without looking at the code) that the change you want is about 4 lines in two files if it's a global configuration. It becomes somewhat more complex if a list configuration. (Plus documentation, of course.) Both forms seem quite simple. I would definitely be willing to review a merge request if submitted. It would also be a suitable "easy"/"beginner" task (eg, to qualify for GSoC) in the tracker.
I'm a little reluctant to do it myself, because the pain point a couple of my large clients had is different, and more complex. Some of their owners wanted to delegate owner-only capabilities like mass (un)subscribe to their moderators, but were uncomfortable with making them owners. So I would prefer to look into that code when I have time to do the more complex task, and the "who gets moderator mail" patch could ride along "for free".
-- GNU Mailman consultant (installation, migration, customization) Sirius Open Source https://www.siriusopensource.com/ Software systems consulting in Europe, North America, and Japan
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