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Last updated 11/08/06

Setting Mailing List Security

You can use Security options to determine whether you want the mailing list to be moderated or unmoderated, and to set access to the list.

From the list web interface, select the options you want to use. Each option is described below.

Anyone can post
Only Subscribers can post
Only Moderator can post
Determines who can post mail to the list. Select "Anyone can post" to let any user post mail. Select "
Only Subscribers can post" to let only the subscribers post mail. Select "Only Moderator can post" to let only the list owner post mail. Moderator is used when you want the list owner to review all messages before they are posted to the list.

Disable List Command (For the privacy of your list your should all "Disable List Command")
A user can obtain a list of the users subscribed to a mailing list by addressing a message to the list server (for example, listserv@yourDomain.com) and entering the List listname command in the body of the message. If you do not want users to receive a list of the subscribers to your mailing list, select this option.

If the list is set to Subscribers or Moderated, subscribers can still send the help/list command to obtain a list of subscribers.

Disallow Subscriptions (Private List)
When enabled, refuses a Subscribe request to the mailing list. The owner or administrator must add new users either by sending commands, or through the Web Administration Interface. Note that Unsubscribe requests are always enabled.

Allow List Unsubscribes based on Subject line
When a user wants to unsubscribe from the mailing list, most list servers expect the Unsubscribe command to be specified in the body of mail message. If you want the mailing list to also accept an Unsubscribe command specified in the Subject line of the message, select this option. 

When enabled, the list will accept the following commands in the Subject line to unsubscribe: unsubscribe, remove, signoff

Edit Kill File
The kill file lets you specify a mail address or a particular mail host that you do not want to accept mail from. To specify a mail address or host in the kill file, enter the e-mail address and click the "Add" file button. You can enter mail address in the following formats: 

userid@aDomain.com
@aDomain.com

For example, to deny access from a user mail account, you could enter: fred@widget.com To deny access to all users from the mail host widget.com, you can enter: @widget.com

The Web Panache List Server checks the incoming message's MAIL FROM: <user@host> line. When it receives mail from an address listed in the kill file, List  Server returns an error message.

 

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