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== 3.31. What if I don't want to save any messages for the moderator? ==

For Mailman 2.1.5, go to the "Privacy options..." page for the list in question, then down to the "Sender filters..." sub-page.

At the top of this page, there is an option for what you want to happen by default to messages that come from users that have their moderation bit set (member_moderation_action). You most likely want this to be set to "Hold".

At the bottom of this page (the second from last option), there is a setting for the action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined (generic_nonmember_action). Set this to "Discard".

The last option on this page is "Should messages from non-members, which are automatically discarded, be forwarded to the list moderator?" (forward_auto_discards). You want to set this to be "No", so that you aren't bothered with all this spam or whatever.

Converted from the Mailman FAQ Wizard

This is one of many [[../Frequently Asked Questions|Frequently Asked Questions]].