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Often, the people who have posted these answers would +be happy to help someone who doesn't quite understand the answer, and don't +mind giving their address out for that purpose. But +although it would be wonderful if everyone could contact each other easily, +we also want to make sure that the list and list archives are not abused by +people who send spam. + +<p> +To make a range of options available to list administrators, Mailman allows +a variety of configurations to help protect email addresses. +Many of these settings are optional to the list administrator, so your +particular list may be set up in many ways. List administrators +must walk a fine line between protecting subscribers and making it difficult +for people to get in touch. + +<p> + +<ul> +<li>Subscriber lists + +<ul> +<li>The list administrator can choose to have the subscriber list + public, viewable only to list members, or viewable only to list + administrators. +</li> +<li>The subscriber list is shown with the addresses obscured to + make it difficult for spam harvesters to collect your address. +</li> +<li>You can choose to have your address hidden from the subscriber + list. (See Section <a href="node37.html#sec:nolist">10.4</a> for more information.) +</li> +<li><span class="note"><b class="label">Note:</b> +The entire subscriber list is always available to the + list administrators.</span> + +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +</li> +<li>List archives + +<ul> +<li>The list administrator can choose for the archives to be public, + viewable only to members (private), or completely unavailable. +</li> +<li>The HTML archives which are created by Pipermail (the + archiving program which comes default with Mailman) contain only + obscured addresses. Other archiving programs are available and can + do different levels of obfuscation to make addresses less readable. +</li> +<li>If you wish to be more sure, you can set the mail header + <span class="mailheader">X-no-archive:</span> and Mailman will not archive your posts. + <span class="warning"><b class="label">Warning:</b> +This does not stop other members from quoting your posts, + possibly even including your email address.</span> + +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +</li> +<li>Limited posting to the lists + +<ul> +<li>The list administrator can choose who can post to the list. + Most lists are either moderated (a moderator or administrator + reviews each posting), set so only subscribers may post to the list, + or allow anyone to post to the list. +</li> +<li>By allowing only subscribers to post to a list, Mailman often + blocks all spam and some viruses from being sent through the list. + As such, this is a fairly common setting used by list administrators. + +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +</li> +<li>Anonymous lists + +<ul> +<li>Lists can also be made fully anonymous: all identifying + information about the sender is stripped from the header before the + message is sent on. +</li> +<li>This is not typically used for anti-spam measures (it has + other uses), but it could be used in that way if desired. + +</li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +Of course, many address-obscuring methods can be circumvented by determined +people, so be aware that the protections used may not be enough. + +<p> + +<div class="navigation"> +<div class='online-navigation'> +<p></p><hr /> +<table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> +<tr> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="11.1 how do I" + href="node39.html"><img src='previous.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="11 other common questions" + href="node38.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="1 email commands quick" + href="node41.html"><img src='next.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td> +<td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - List Member Manual</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> +<div class='online-navigation'> +<b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node39.html">11.1 How do I</a> +<b class="navlabel">Up:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="node38.html">11 Other common questions</a> +<b class="navlabel">Next:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node41.html">1 Email commands quick</a> +</div> +</div> +<hr /> +<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 5, 2007.</span> +</div> +<!--End of Navigation Panel--> + +</body> +</html> |