There's also a way to allow anyone with an "official" email address to send to a mailing list. An "official" email address might be something like president@mygroup.com, or treasurer@mygroup.com. These instructions allow any member with an official email address to send to a mailing list using that email address.
Note: It's not sufficient for a member to simply be able to receive emails to that official address - they also need to be able to send using that official email address. If the email address is set up as a "mailbox on the server", for use with a standard POP email programme (such as Microsoft Outlook or Mac Mail), then that is sufficient - the member can send using their official email address. If the email address is set up as a "forwarder to the member's personal email address", then the only way that member can send using that email address is via the Send Email page on the website.
To allow any official email address to send to a mailing list:
- On the mailing list's page (as above), click the link called Administer this list via external Mailing List Management Console (Mailman)
- In the top set of links, click the Privacy options... link, then Sender filters
- In the box called List of non-member addresses whose postings should be automatically accepted, add the following: ^[^@]+@mygroup.com (replace "mygroup.com" with your own domain name, of course)
- Click Submit your changes at the bottom when you're done.
