[Mailman-Users] Will Mailman inform a sender of a bounced message that it was approved?

The standard version of Mailman can be configured to inform the sender
that their message is being held for moderation, but there is no method
I know of to configure it to notify the sender when the message has been
released.

I don't know what kind of source-code level modifications might be
necessary to make that happen.

My view is that if people are posting to the list, they should
subscribe to the list.

(yes, I am miserable.)

Ergo, I'd not see any need for code modification.

It's not often that simple. Sometimes people will cross post or Cc: non
list members, and then a non-member replies to all including your list.

What I do on lists I moderate is I never approve non-member posts, but
sometimes, if a post is relevant, I will forward the message from the
"held message" notice to the list. I may edit the forwarded message.
If I think it is important that the sender know her message went to
the list, I Cc: her on the forward, and depending on circumstances, I
may add a Reply-To: to the sender.

There are cases where posters have no need or desire to subscribe to the
list. For example, I moderate a job posting list where we screen
postings for our members. Most people posting jobs aren't seeking them!
It'd be a bit silly to expect hr/recruiting folk to subscribe.

In our case, I believe they can just check when their post went through
because the archives are public, but I'm sure they'd prefer the email
rather than having to check back a day later!

Terri

Terri Oda writes:
Well, since we already have a 'metoo' option, it should not be hard to
flip the logic to 'mineonly'.

It's not obvious to me that is a good solution, but it should work
easily into 2.x.