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Note that this section -is not used to control whether your list's archives are public or -private; for that, use the <A HREF="#Archiving_options"><tex2html_cross_ref_visible_mark></A> category. +This subcategory controls the rules for exposing the existance of this +list, and for what new members must do in order to subscribe to the +list. <P> -There are four sub-categories: - -<UL> -<LI>Subscription rules - i.e. the rules for joining and leaving - your mailing list - -<P> -</LI> -<LI>Sender filters - the rules for who may post messages to your - list +<DL> +<DT><STRONG>advertised</STRONG></DT> +<DD>This option controls whether this list will show up in the list + overview for the site. Normally, an overview contains the name + and short description of every mailing list in the virtual + domain. By setting this variable to <em>No</em>, it will not show + up in this overview, nor will it show up in the administrative + overview. The only way then to find the list is to guess (or + know!) its name. <P> -</LI> -<LI>Recipient filters - moderation rules based on the recipient of - the message - -<P> -</LI> -<LI>Spam filters - some regular expression based rules for header - matching -</LI> -</UL> - -<P> -The sender, recipient, and spam filtering rules are part of the -general list moderation features of Mailman. When a message is posted -to the list, it is matched against a number of criteria, the outcome -of which determines whether the message is reflected to the membership -or not. In general, the outcome is one of four states: +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>subscribe_policy</STRONG></DT> +<DD>This option controls the steps that a new member must take to join + the list. The available options may differ based on some defaults + that the site administrator chooses. They are: <P> <UL> -<LI>Approved or Accepted - the message may be sent on to the - members of the mailing list. +<LI>None - No verification is done on the subscribing + member. This is also called <em>open subscriptions</em> and is + generally disabled by default. The site administrator must + allow list admins to choose this option; if not, this option + will not be presented to you. <P> </LI> -<LI>Hold - the message will be held for moderator approval. The - list owners and moderators will then have to explicitly approve - the message before the list members will see it. +<LI>Confirm - An email confirmation step is required before the + address is added to the list. When a member requests + subscription, either via the web page or by sending a + message to <var>yourlist</var><code>-join@example.com</code>, Mailman + will send a confirmation message to the requesting address. + This mail-back confirmation contains a unique identifier, + which the requester can present to Mailman in order to + confirm their subscription. This can be done either by + replying to the mail-back, or by visiting the url in the + mail-back message. The url points to a page that lets the + user either discard or confirm their request. <P> </LI> -<LI>Reject - the message is bounced back to the original sender, - often with a notice containing the reason the message was - rejected. The list members never see rejected messages. +<LI>Require approval - All subscription requests are held for + approval of the list moderator. No mail-back confirmation + is sent, but the list admins will recieve a message + indicating that approval is pending. <P> </LI> -<LI>Discard - the message is simply thrown away without further - processing. +<LI>Confirm and approve - Here, a mail-back notice must first + be confirmed by the requester. Once confirmed, the list + moderator must then approve the request. This is the most + secure method for users to subscribe since it both verifies + the requesting address, and forces the list moderators to + approve the request. + +<P> </LI> </UL> <P> -Many of the fields in this section are text boxes accepting addresses, -one per line. Unless otherwise noted, these also accept regular -expressions which will be matched against an address, if the line -begins with a (caret) character. +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>unsubscribe_policy</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Specifies whether the list moderator's approval is required for + unsubscription requests. <em>No</em> is highly recommended, since + it is exceedingly impolite to not allow people to leave a mailing + list whenever they want (i.e. opt-out). <em>Yes</em> is useful in + some specialized contexts; e.g. you may not want to allow + employees to unsubscribe from the company newsletter. <P> +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>ban_list</STRONG></DT> +<DD>This contains a list of addresses (or regular expressiosn), one + per line, that are banned from ever subscribing to your mailing + list. If a match occurs during the subscription process, the + request will be automatically rejected, and the requester will get + a rejection notice. You can use this to permanently ban + troublesome posters to a members-only list. -<p><hr> -<!--Table of Child-Links--> -<A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></a> +<P> +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>private_roster</STRONG></DT> +<DD>This specifies who is allowed to view the roster of member + addresses. If you choose <em>Anyone</em>, then the list membership + is completely public. You can limit exposure of the roster to + just list members, or just to the list administrators. In the + former case, a user must enter a valid member's address and + password before they can view the roster. In the latter case, a + list administrator's password must be enter; if a matching admin + password is entered, address field is ignored. + +<P> +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>obscure_addresses</STRONG></DT> +<DD>Controls whether some simple obfuscation of addresses is used when + member addresses are included on web pages. This should reduce + the opportunity for email address harvesting by spammers, although + it probably doesn't eliminate it. +</DD> +</DL> -<UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> -<LI><A href="node22.html">3.7.1 Subscription rules</a> -<LI><A href="node23.html">3.7.2 Sender filters</a> -<LI><A href="node24.html">3.7.3 Recipient Filters</a> -<LI><A href="node25.html">3.7.4 Spam Filters</a> -</ul> -<!--End of Table of Child-Links--> +<P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> -<p><hr> +<div class='online-navigation'> +<p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> -<td><A HREF="node20.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" - border="0" height="32" - alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> -<td><A HREF="node9.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" - border="0" height="32" - alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> -<td><A HREF="node22.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" - border="0" height="32" - alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="2.7 The Privacy Options" + href="node20.html"><img src='previous.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="2.7 The Privacy Options" + href="node20.html"><img src='up.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="2.7.2 Sender filters" + href="node22.html"><img src='next.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - List Administration Manual</td> -<td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" - border="0" height="32" - alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> -<td><img src="../icons/blank.gif" - border="0" height="32" - alt="" width="32"></td> -<td><img src="../icons/blank.gif" - border="0" height="32" - alt="" width="32"></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" + href="contents.html"><img src='contents.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></A></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> -<b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node20.html">3.6 The Digest Options</A> -<b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node9.html">3 The List Configuration</A> -<b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node22.html">3.7.1 Subscription rules</A> -<hr> -<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on October 2, 2004.</span> +<div class='online-navigation'> +<b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node20.html">2.7 The Privacy Options</A> +<b class="navlabel">Up:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="node20.html">2.7 The Privacy Options</A> +<b class="navlabel">Next:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node22.html">2.7.2 Sender filters</A> +</div> +</div> +<hr /> +<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 13, 2004.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> |