Mailman Wizard Settings

If you use our control panel "wizard" to create a Mailman list, it sets certain Mailman options in response to three questions (such as "Is this a group discussion list or an announcement only list?").

Mailman experts may be interested in which options it actually sets.

"Group discussion" vs. "Announcement only"

For a "group discussion" list, the following options are set:

  • General Options > Maximum length in kilobytes (KB) of a message body: 40
  • General Options > Should postings include the List-Post: header? Yes
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > By default, should new list member postings be moderated? No
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list: Hold
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > Text to include in any rejection notice to be sent to moderated members who post to this list: (none)
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined: Hold
  • Content filtering > Should Mailman filter the content of list traffic according to the settings below? Yes

For an "announcement only" list, the following options are set:

  • General Options > Maximum length in kilobytes (KB) of a message body: 5000
  • General Options > Should postings include the List-Post: header? No
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > By default, should new list member postings be moderated? Yes
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list: Reject
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > Text to include in any rejection notice to be sent to moderated members who post to this list: "Sorry, this is an announcement-only list"
  • Privacy options > Sender filters > Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined: Reject
  • Content filtering > Should Mailman filter the content of list traffic according to the settings below? No

"Public" vs. "private"

For a "public" list, the following options are set:

  • Privacy options > Subscription rules > Advertise this list when people ask what lists are on this machine? Yes
  • Privacy options > Subscription rules > What steps are required for subscription? Confirm
  • Archiving Options > Is archive file source for public or private archival? public

For a "private" list, the following options are set:

  • Privacy options > Subscription rules > Advertise this list when people ask what lists are on this machine? No
  • Privacy options > Subscription rules > What steps are required for subscription? Confirm and approve
  • Archiving Options > Is archive file source for public or private archival? private

"Keep archives" vs. "don't keep archives"

For a "keep archives" list, the following option is set:

  • Archiving Options > Archive messages? Yes

For a "don't keep archives" list, the following option is set:

  • Archiving Options > Archive messages? No

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