Ummm - I suspect reply-to = the shambles is roughly the same as reply-to = dev/null. As it stands, replies will go to the list. That just means that if nico@jeremygregson.com mailto:nico@jeremygregson.com replies to a post the kingdom seneschal put on lochac-announce, an email goes to lochac-announce from nico. People who are not moderated in the list settings would have their replies automatically released, all others would be moderated. Your existing moderator settings would be honoured. J / N From: selenetest@lochac.sca.org Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2025 9:43 AM To: selenetest@lochac.sca.org Subject: [Selenetest] Re: Test three - anonymous list I don't mind this, but I'm worried about announce. I would like a setting there that says "all replies are moderated" because we would like to NOT moderate some people . and that makes replies our curse. Can we use the reply-to setting in the list? I would like announce to be reply-to: the shambles . is that a suitable alternative? Sorle From: selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org > Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2025 9:16 AM To: selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org Subject: [Selenetest] Re: Test three - anonymous list Houston, I suspect we have a winner. The message makes it to my gmail account with all headers showing google is happy with the authentication. The only sender shown, and the only place I can send a reply, is the list itself. If we turn this setting on for most of our lists, the messages should get to everyone, and: With lochac-announce, anyone attempting to reply will go to the list and be moderated according to its rules For pelicans, etc, replies will go the list and thus all members For group lists, like ynys-fawr, it will be up to the moderators to decide. It means that you can't see from the sender details who posted the original message to the list (it doesn't appear as coming from nico via selenetest, just from selenetest), but that is possibly a good thing. Provided people sign their messages with their names, which I am pretty sure they generally do, this would work. J / N From: selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org > Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2025 9:00 AM To: selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org Subject: [Selenetest] Test three - anonymous list Personalize is set back to 'off', anonymous list is set on.

Option C is out under this scenario, because the messages distributed by the list are purely sent from the list, not from the original poster via the list. So hitting reply only goes to the list, not to the author. If anyone wants replies sent to them, they would need to include words to that effect, with the address to send them to, in their message (which they generally do, actually). And yes, option A is how lists like pelicans (and selenetest, and presumably the shambles) work, where everyone who is on the list an speak to the list. Option B is how lists like lochac-announce work. J / N From: selenetest@lochac.sca.org Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2025 11:22 AM To: selenetest@lochac.sca.org Subject: [Selenetest] Re: Test three - anonymous list To be clear, does "up to moderators to decide" mean that moderators choose between all of (a) replies go to the list without moderation; (b) replies go to moderation before going to the list; or (c) replies go to the sender? Or just (a) and (b)? I expect (a) or (b) would would work for most lists but I can imagine occasions on which (c) might be preferred for announcement-type lists. Ælfred ------ Original Message ------ From selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org To selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org Date 9/04/2025 9:15:37 AM Subject [Selenetest] Re: Test three - anonymous list Houston, I suspect we have a winner. The message makes it to my gmail account with all headers showing google is happy with the authentication. The only sender shown, and the only place I can send a reply, is the list itself. If we turn this setting on for most of our lists, the messages should get to everyone, and: With lochac-announce, anyone attempting to reply will go to the list and be moderated according to its rules For pelicans, etc, replies will go the list and thus all members For group lists, like ynys-fawr, it will be up to the moderators to decide. It means that you can’t see from the sender details who posted the original message to the list (it doesn’t appear as coming from nico via selenetest, just from selenetest), but that is possibly a good thing. Provided people sign their messages with their names, which I am pretty sure they generally do, this would work. J / N From: selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org > Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2025 9:00 AM To: selenetest@lochac.sca.org mailto:selenetest@lochac.sca.org Subject: [Selenetest] Test three - anonymous list Personalize is set back to ‘off’, anonymous list is set on.