========== Moderation ========== All members and nonmembers have a moderation action, which defaults to the appropriate list's default action. When the action is not `defer`, the `moderation` rule flags the message as needing moderation. This might be to automatically accept, discard, reject, or hold the message. Two separate rules check for member and nonmember moderation. Member moderation happens early in the built-in chain, while nonmember moderation happens later in the chain, after normal moderation checks. >>> mlist = create_list('test@example.com') Member moderation ================= >>> member_rule = config.rules['member-moderation'] >>> print(member_rule.name) member-moderation Anne, a mailing list member, sends a message to the mailing list. Her moderation action is not set. >>> from mailman.testing.helpers import subscribe >>> member = subscribe(mlist, 'Anne') >>> member on test@example.com as MemberRole.member> >>> print(member.moderation_action) None Because the list's default member action is set to `defer`, Anne's posting is not moderated. >>> print(mlist.default_member_action) Action.defer Because Anne is not moderated, the member moderation rule does not match. >>> member_msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... To: test@example.com ... Subject: A posted message ... ... """) >>> member_rule.check(mlist, member_msg, {}) False Once the member's moderation action is set to something other than `defer` or ``None`` (given the list's current default member moderation action), the rule matches. Also, the message metadata has a few extra pieces of information for the eventual moderation chain. >>> from mailman.interfaces.action import Action >>> member.moderation_action = Action.hold >>> msgdata = {} >>> member_rule.check(mlist, member_msg, msgdata) True >>> dump_msgdata(msgdata) moderation_action : hold moderation_reasons: ['The message comes from a moderated member'] moderation_sender : aperson@example.com Nonmembers ========== Nonmembers are handled in a similar way, although by default, nonmember postings are held for moderator approval. >>> nonmember_rule = config.rules['nonmember-moderation'] >>> print(nonmember_rule.name) nonmember-moderation Bart, who is not a member of the mailing list, sends a message to the list. He has no explicit nonmember moderation action. >>> from mailman.interfaces.member import MemberRole >>> nonmember = subscribe(mlist, 'Bart', MemberRole.nonmember) >>> nonmember on test@example.com as MemberRole.nonmember> >>> print(nonmember.moderation_action) None The list's default nonmember moderation action is to hold postings by nonmembers. >>> print(mlist.default_nonmember_action) Action.hold Since Bart is registered as a nonmember of the list, and his moderation action is set to None, the action falls back to the list's default nonmember moderation action, which is to hold the post for moderator approval. Thus the rule matches and the message metadata again carries some useful information. >>> nonmember_msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: bperson@example.com ... To: test@example.com ... Subject: A posted message ... ... """) >>> msgdata = {} >>> nonmember_rule.check(mlist, nonmember_msg, msgdata) True >>> dump_msgdata(msgdata) moderation_action : hold moderation_reasons: ['The message is not from a list member'] moderation_sender : bperson@example.com Of course, the nonmember action can be set to defer the decision, in which case the rule does not match. >>> nonmember.moderation_action = Action.defer >>> nonmember_rule.check(mlist, nonmember_msg, {}) False Unregistered nonmembers ======================= The incoming runner ensures that all sender addresses are registered in the system, but it is the moderation rule that subscribes nonmember addresses to the mailing list if they are not already subscribed. :: >>> from mailman.interfaces.usermanager import IUserManager >>> from zope.component import getUtility >>> address = getUtility(IUserManager).create_address( ... 'cperson@example.com') >>> address >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: cperson@example.com ... To: test@example.com ... Subject: A posted message ... ... """) cperson is neither a member, nor a nonmember of the mailing list. :: >>> def memberkey(member): ... return member.mailing_list, member.address.email, member.role.value >>> dump_list(mlist.members.members, key=memberkey) on test@example.com as MemberRole.member> >>> dump_list(mlist.nonmembers.members, key=memberkey) on test@example.com as MemberRole.nonmember> However, when the nonmember moderation rule runs, it adds the cperson as a nonmember of the list. The rule also matches. >>> msgdata = {} >>> nonmember_rule.check(mlist, msg, msgdata) True >>> dump_msgdata(msgdata) moderation_action : hold moderation_reasons: ['The message is not from a list member'] moderation_sender : cperson@example.com >>> dump_list(mlist.members.members, key=memberkey) on test@example.com as MemberRole.member> >>> dump_list(mlist.nonmembers.members, key=memberkey) on test@example.com as MemberRole.nonmember> Cross-membership checks ======================= Of course, the member moderation rule does not match for nonmembers... >>> member_rule.check(mlist, nonmember_msg, {}) False >>> nonmember_rule.check(mlist, member_msg, {}) False