respond_to_post_requests is not configurable but should be

[Mixonx]

One can choose to send mail to poster when their
posting is held for approval. To turn this on/off,
respond_to_post_requests is set or unset.
According to the comments in mailman/Mailman/MailList.py,
respond_to_post_requests is configurable (as list
default in Defaults.py as well as in mm_cfg.py), but it
isn't.

<--- snip
288 # This stuff is configurable
289 self.respond_to_post_requests = 1
---> snap

See attached patches to fix this.

Using Mailman version 2.1.4 from Debian Backport
2.1.4-1.backports.org.1
But this appears in the latest 2.x CVS-tree, too.

Thank you for mailman development.

[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=930055&group_id=103&atid=100103]

[Cedders (cedric-gn)]

I want to bump this - the patch was apparently never applied in 2.1 or 2.2.

I also suggest that once DEFAULT_RESPOND_TO_POST_REQUESTS is implemented, the entry in Defaults.py is actually
  DEFAULT_RESPOND_TO_POST_REQUESTS = No

because GNU Mailman is currently blamed for backscatter and the value of the response to the poster is questioned. See for example:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-users/200906.mbox/browser

[Cedders (cedric-gn)]

That reference wasn't the most helpful - I meant http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Dealing-with-backscatter-p24138669.html

[Mark Sapiro (msapiro)]

We are painfully aware of the backscatter issues with Mailman. This will be addressed in Mailman 2.2, but probably not in 2.1.