Re: Approval process not working

Frank Collette said on 5/22/2010 7:51 AM:
> Hey guys/gals,
>
> I'm new to the list so please be gentle!
>
> I'm using Directadmin, exim, and majordomo.  I've setup my first mailing
> list and have set it to be moderated.  I've setup a 2nd mailing list and
> subscribed the addresses that I want to be administrators of my first
> list and set the restrict_post option to the 2nd mailing list.
>
> When I send an email from one of the admin emails to
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, it gets flagged as
> needing approval.  This to me, doesn't make sense but I play along.  I
> get an email to the moderator account, which happens to be the same
> email I sent the email from in the beginning.  Email subject from
> owner-newsletter reads "BOUNCE [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>: Approval required:".
>
> I have tried replying with approved: password, I've tried forwarding
> with approved: password, I've sent the approved message to
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>,
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, and
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and
> the newsletter@ just sends me another approval request for the approved:
> email.
>
> To me, it seems as though the approve script isn't working properly, but
> I have no idea where to start to find the issue.  Maybe I'm just not
> doing something right.
>
> Any advice is appreciated!
>
> Thanks, Frank
I'm not finding the "default" instructions for approving messages, but I 
did find this explanation (which I think is a copy of the "default" 
instructions):

====================================
Approving Bounced Messages via Email
=======================================   

To approve a message via email, follow these directions _exactly_:

     1)  Save the original message (the body of the message you received
         from Majordomo) in a file.  The portion you need will consist of
         the headers of the original message, followed by a single blank
         line, followed by the text of the original message.  You do not
         need to include any of the headers of the Majordomo message which
         contained the original message.  Here's a quick example:

From: [email protected]            |
To: [email protected]     | Don't want these headers
Subject: BOUNCE: taboo_header found    |
                                        - Blank line
>From [email protected]  date       |
Received: some long routing info       | Headers of original message;
From: [email protected]             | You want these.  It's OK if you
To: [email protected]              | don't have the first line.
Subject: Just a message                |
                                        - Blank line, you _must_ have this!
Hello.  I'm just writing to            |
consume some bandwidth and             | Message body; include all of
take up space in your mail             | this.
spool!                                 |

         Basically you want everything after (and not including) the first
         blank line of the full message you received from Majordomo.

     2)  Edit the file to insert a line that says "Approved: password" (where
         "password" is the password for your list) at the top, before the
         original message, with absolutely no intervening space.  Note the
         capitalization of the word "Approved", the colon after it, and the
         space after the colon:

Approved: sekrit
>From [email protected]  date
Received: some long routing info
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Just a message

Hello.  I'm just writing to
consume some bandwidth and
take up space in your mail
spool!

     3)  Send this edited file back to the posting address for your list (NOT
         to Majordomo).  You should make sure that your mailer doesn't try
         to do anything like include your prepared mail as an attachment,
         encode it somehow, indent every line, or add anything extra to the
         beginning or end of the message.  There are mailers that will do
         pretty horrible things to messages before they are sent; you should
         take care that you aren't using one - or, if you are, that you have it
         configured to pass your text on unadulterated.

This time around, Majordomo will notice the "Approved:" line and check it
against your list password.  If it matches, Majordomo will strip off the
header of your message and the "Approved:" line (leaving just the original
message), and send the original message on through.

Even your own messages may be bounced to you for approval.  To send out your
own message without server checks (perhaps you know it contains something
the list server will complain about) you can pre-approve the message in one of
two ways:

If you're using a mailer that can add additional headers, add one like the
following:

Approved: sekrit

Its precise location within the headers is not important.

If your mailer does not allow you to add additional headers, you can add
the line:

Approved: sekrit

as the first line of the message, followed by a blank line (which is
required for your message to be sent properly) followed by the text of your
message.  The Approved: line and one following blank line will be deleted
and the message will be passed without being checked.  The blank line is
important because it is used to differentiate between a pre-approval and the
approval of a bounced message, outlined above.