Toomas Aas wrote:
> Michael Linval wrote:
>
>> I am working on setting up a list that will be moderated. My question
>> that I cannot find the answer to is how long will the message that is
>> awaiting approval be there?
>
>
> It's been some years since I tried to work with moderated lists (which
> was an excercise in pain with todays point-and-click mail clients and
> point-and-click would-be list moderators) but as far as I remember, the
> message is not "there" at all. It gets forwarded to moderator, who then
> has to forward it back to the list, adding appropriate tags which
> indicate to majordomo that the message has been allowed by moderator.
>
In addition to Toomas' response, the message will be available to the
moderator for as long as his mail server will keep it. All moderated
list email is forwarded to the moderator without depositing a copy on
the archive or digest, if things are set up properly. There is not an
automatic way to approve messages either, that would just be the same
as setting the list up to be unmoderated.
The moderator must use an email client that will allow them to append
a header to their own mail, "Approved: moderator-password", which must
appear to majordomo and any MTA between the moderator and majordomo to
be before the first blank line separating headers from message bodies.
Netscape, Mozilla, Thunderbird, Eudora, Pine, and Mutt are email clients
that have this capability. I don't know if Evolution, Outlook Express,
or Outlook can do this. I am fairly sure there are no webmail clients
like Hotmail, AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Excite, or squirrelmail that can either.
Ultimately, if you have a list-owner that insists their list be config'd
as moderated, that list-owner needs to be, or appoint someone, that will
take the time to learn more about email clients than they ever wanted to
before. They will also need to read some majordomo docs, google some
majordomo tips and hints regarding moderating a list, and probably write
messages here for more help.
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