How do I fix 'Post by non-member to a members-only list'
Christopher Brooks, 10 Jan 2002
Last updated: 10 Jan 2002

Most of the mailing lists are configured such that a the sender must be a member of the mailing list if their post is to go through without requiring approval from a group admin.
The reason we have this restriction is to avoid spam.

If a non member posts, then the group admin will get email requesting that the approve the post.

If a member posts from more than one address, then the group admin may want to add the other addresses to the list of approved addresses. This will mean that the member gets only one copy of the email, but can post from multiple addresses.

The way to do this is to be a group admin and go to the admin section of the group, then go Mail Admin on the left side for the appropriate mailing list, then go to Privacy and add the user's other address to

  Addresses of members accepted for posting to this list
  without implicit approval requirement. (See
  "Restrict ... to list
  members" for whether or not this is in
  addition to allowing
  posting by list members (Details)