[Yum] list policy changes

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 14:07 +0100, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 09:01 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > So I'm thinking that I'll just make the default mechanism be discard. So
> > that if a message is posted to this list by a person who is not a
> > subscriber then the message will be silently dropped.
> 
> I have been wondering about this for some lists I run.  Personally I am
> loath to make this change on my lists because it means that posts from
> people who are not subscribed, or (relatively common in our case) are
> from subscribers but using an non-subscribed address (normally
> accidentally), are dropped silently.
> 
> I'd be happier with a reject of those messages - at least the innocent
> get some level of reply - but you then also set yourself up as a a
> mechanism for doing bounce spamming (which you are already at the moment
> since those held messages will have generated a "Your message is being
> held" type message back to the original sender).

I don't think I have that feature turned on. I wanted the messages held
and no notification given specifically for the aforementioned reason.

-sv