To moderate a Mailman mailing list so that you or someone else reviews each message received for list members before the message is distributed to the IDs on the list:

1. Access the list administration website for your mailing list.
2. Click Privacy Options.
3. Click Sender filters.
4. Set By default, should new list member postings be moderated? to Yes.

This option needs to be set before IDs are added to a list and will apply to all new subscriptions to a list following its setting. If the list has existing member IDs before moderation is enabled, you will need to set everyone's moderation bit. To moderate messages from all list members:

1. Access the list administration website for your mailing list.
2. Click Membership Management.
3. Click Membership List.
4. Under Additional Member Tasks, set Set everyone's moderation bit, including those members not currently visible to On.
5. Click the Submit Your Changes button at the bottom of the page.
6. If you have completed your list administration work, remember to click the Logout link and close your browser.

If any list members of a moderated list should not be moderated, do the following:

1. Select Membership Management.
2. Scroll to Membership List.
3. Find the email address of the list member who should not be moderated.
4. Click in the column labeled mod on the row where the email address appears. This will de-select moderation for this individual.

In emergency situations you can temporarily moderate all list traffic by:

1. Access the list administration website for your mailing list.
2. Click General Options.
3. Set Emergency moderation of all list traffic to Yes.
4. Click Initial Options.
5. Set What to do with non-listmember email to hold.

Like the list administrator, list moderators will receive the notices about held messages. They will be able to use the list moderator password to review held messages. They have the authority to decide how held messages are processed. List moderators have no other special abilities with the list. They cannot change the configuration of the list. List moderators cannot change membership in the list, other than their own membership, if they are a member of the list. They cannot send messages to the list unless they are an unmoderated member or their email address appears in the approved senders list.

1. Access the list administration website for your mailing list.
2. Click General Options.
3. Scroll down to find The list moderator email addresses. Multiple moderator addresses, each on separate line is okay.
4. Click in the box and enter the email addresses of the people who will have the ability to review and dispose of held list messages.
5. Click the Submit Your Changes button at the bottom of the page.
6. Click Passwords.
7. Scroll down to find Enter new moderator password:.
8. Click in the box and enter a password that the list moderators will use.
9. Find Confirm moderator password.
10. Click in the box and enter the same password that you entered into the box after Enter new moderator password:.
11. Click the Submit Your Changes button at the bottom of the page.
12. If you have completed your list administration work, remember to click the Logout link and close your browser.
13. Share the password with list moderators.