Re: message moderation question

"John Widera" <[email protected]> writes:

> I have been trying to set up an ezmlm list so that we can moderate
> messages.  What we would like is to be able to moderate all posts by
> subscribers and reject all other posts.  The EZMLM doc. hints that
> this is pointless, but it's really the most useful application of
> message moderation.  Has any list member done this?  I see that some
> third party commercial support folks have done it:
> 
> "Customized Kavi Mailing List Manager switch. The -y switch is used to
> create the -mOuy combination that rejects public posts and moderates
> messages from all other senders. 'Subscribers can post, all others are
> rejected,"

> We can't figure out how they did this.  Can anyone help us with this?

I can help.  The way to have real fun with ezmlm is to mess around with
the ezmlmrc file to create qmail delivery rules that serve your purpose.
I don't like to deviate too much from what "man ezmlm-make" tells you,
but sometimes it's worth it.  

You can add a new delivery rule that first does an ezmlm-issubn to see
if the user should even be considered for posting to the list.  If the
user is not a subscriber or is not on the allow list, reject him.
Otherwise message delivery will fall through and then you can have your
normal ezmlm-store do its thing.  The first rule will look something
like the following:

|<#B#>/ezmlm-issubn '<#D#>' '<#D#>/allow' || { echo "Goodbye. (#5.7.2)"; exit 100 ; }

You can create all sorts of interesting access rules, which we routinely
do because our list subscribers and posters are all driven from a
membership database that grants permissions based on a person's role in
the organization.  We do other interesting things, such as cleanly
separating who can receive from a list vs. who can post to a list.
Being a subscriber is not enough; sometimes you also have to be
explicitly granted posting rights.

Well anyway, you didn't ask about other stuff, so I'll stop here.  Drop
me a line if you want or need more info.  

Regards,
John Keith