Mailman – Setting an e-mail list to be ‘distribution only’
The following settings ensure that ONLY a list administrator can send out emails. If a subscriber attempts to send an email to the list, he or she will receive a generic message notifying them that this is a ‘distribution only’ mailing list.
These instruction assume that you have already created your list…
Via your CPanel control panel interface, enter the ‘Mailing Lists’ section select the “edit” link of this newly created list.
The following entries are the minimum settings required to make it a distribution list ONLY.
Membership Management
Set everyone’s moderation bit, including those members not currently visible. “On”
Non-digest options
Can subscribers choose to receive mail immediately, rather than in batched digests? “Yes”
Digest options
Can list members choose to receive list traffic bunched in digests? “No”
Privacy Options..
Subscription rules
What steps are required for subscription? “Confirm”
Privacy Options..
Sender filters
By default, should new list member postings be moderated? “Yes”
Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list. “Reject”
Text to include in any rejection notice to be sent to moderated members who post to this list. “This is a distribution list only. No postings accepted.”
Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined. “Reject”
Should messages from non-members, which are automatically discarded, be forwarded to the list moderator? “No”
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