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+3.7.2 Sender filters</A>
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+<P>
+When a message is posted to the list, a series of moderation criteria are
+applied to determine the disposition of the message. This section
+contains the modeation controls for postings from both members and
+non-members.
+
+<P>
+<DL>
+<DT><STRONG>default_member_moderation</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>Member postings are held for moderation if their <i>moderation
+ flag</i> is turned on. Note that only the list administrators can
+ change the value of a member's moderation flag.
+
+<P>
+You can control whether new members get their moderation flag
+ turned on or off by default when they subscribe to the list. By
+ turning this flag off by default, postings by members will be
+ allowed without further intervention (barring other restrictions
+ such as size or implicit recipient lists - see below). By
+ turning the flag on, you can quarantine new member postings to
+ make sure that they meet your criteria for netiquette, topicality,
+ etc. Once you determine that the new member understands the
+ community's posting rules, you can turn off their moderation flag
+ and let their postings go through unstopped.
+
+<P>
+E-newsletter style lists can also be set up by using the
+ moderation flag. By setting the <code>member_moderation_action</code>
+ to <i>Reject</i>, and by turning off the moderation flag for just
+ the few approved senders, your list will operate in essentially a
+ one-way direction. Note that you'd also need to reject or discard
+ postings from non-members.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>member_moderation_action</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>This is the action to take for postings from a member who's
+ moderation flag is set. For typical discussion lists, you'll
+ likely set this to <i>Hold</i> so that the list moderator will get
+ a chance to manually approve, reject, or discard the message. For
+ e-newsletter and announcement lists, you might want to set this to
+ <i>Reject</i> or <i>Discard</i>.
+
+<P>
+Note that when a moderated member posts to your list, and the
+ <code>member_moderation_action</code> is set to <i>Hold</i>, the message
+ will appear on the administrative requests page. When you dispose
+ of the message, you will be given an opportunity to clear the
+ moderation flag at the same time. If you're quarantining new
+ posts, this makes it very convenient to both approve a new
+ member's post and de-moderate them at the same time.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>member_moderation_notice</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>When a member's moderation flag is turned on and
+ <code>member_moderation_action</code> is <i>Reject</i>, this variable
+ contains the text sent in the rejection notice.
+</DD>
+</DL>
+
+<P>
+The next batch of variables controls what happens when non-members
+post messages to the list. Each of these accepts one email address
+per line; regular expressions are allowed if the line starts with the
+(caret) character. These address lists are always consulted in the
+order in which they're presented on this page (i.e. accepts first,
+followed by holds, rejections, and discards).
+
+<P>
+<DL>
+<DT><STRONG>accept_these_nonmembers</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>Postings from non-members whose addresses match this list are
+ accepted, barring other list restrictions due to size, implicit
+ recipients, etc. You might want to add alternative addresses of
+ approved posters to this list.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>hold_these_nonmembers</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>Postings from non-members whose addresses match this list are
+ held for moderator approval.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>reject_these_nonmembers</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>Postings from non-members whose addresses match this list are
+ rejected, i.e. bounced back to the original sender. There
+ currently is no way to add additional text to the rejection
+ message.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>discard_these_nonmembers</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>Postings from non-members whose addresses match this list are
+ discarded, with no bounce back message. You might want to add the
+ addresses of known spammers to this list.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>generic_nonmember_action</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>This variable controls what happens to non-member posts when the
+ address of the sender doesn't match any of the above four lists.
+ If you set this to <i>Hold</i>, the posting will appear on the
+ administrative requests page, and you will be given an opportunity
+ to add the non-member to one of the above four lists at the same
+ time you dispose of the held message.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>forward_auto_discards</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>When messages from non-members are discarded, either because the
+ sender address matched <code>discard_these_nonmembers</code>, or because
+ <code>generic_nonmember_action</code> is <i>Discard</i>, you can choose
+ whether such messages are forwarded to the lsit administrators or
+ not.
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