Lyris User's Guide
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Anonymous Postings
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· · Security Considerations
· · Security Issues Relating to Members
· · · Access to the list archives
· · · Access to the list of members
· · · Access to Subscribe to the Mailing List
· · · Steps to restrict false impersonations
· · · Security Features for Posting Messages
· · · · List admin posting
· · · · Admin Moderation
· · · · Number moderating
· · · · Allow Non-Member Posting
· · · · Action Phrase Restrictions
· · · · Password based posting
· · · · Banning members
· · · · Disallow Email Posting
· · · · Secure HTTP web interface
· · · · Lyris List Manager extensions
· · · · Confirmed subscriptions
· · · · Duplicate messages
· · · · Cross-posting
· · · · Maximum posts per member
· · · · Maximum quoting allowed
· · · · Maximum Messages Per Day
· · · · Limit the Message Size
· · · · Reject Email Attachments
· · · · Moderator auto-approval
· · · · Command detection
· · · · Anonymous Postings
· · · Access to unsubscribe and change settings
· · · Visibility of the existence of the mailing list
· · · Web Interface Access
· · · Overview of Lyris List Manager Posting Security
· · · Security Considerations of the From: field
· · · Security Recommendations for Announcement lists
· · · How Lyris List Manager Determines the Identity of the Person Posting
· · Lyris List Manager Mail Merge
· · The Lyris List Manager command line
· · Modifying lyris.plc
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions

Anonymous Postings

Some kinds of mailing lists benefit from allowing people to be anonymous when they post. For example, an employee suggestion discussion might need to be anonymous, as might a psychological support group.

Lyris List Manager supports Anonymous mailing lists, by removing all identifying marks from the headers of the messages distributed to the mailing list. The From: defaults to "Anonymous" and can be set to something else if desired.

If a list is moderated, the moderator will see the real author of the message before approving it, and it will "anonymize" when distributed.

Of course, this feature cannot read English, so if the message content contains something, which identifies the person, Lyris List Manager cannot do anything about that. Thus, people should remember to not include their personal mail footers when posting to an anonymous mailing list.

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