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[Steve Shipway <address@concealed>]

You could do this with a custom send scenario that checks a custom header.

So, to your send scenario, add something like 

match(msg_header->Approved,/mypassword/) smtp,smime,dkim,md5 do_it

... and then your moderator just needs to add an 'Approved' header with the 
value 'mypassword' for the message to be posted.

Of course, this is not exactly secure.

You should also add 'Approved' to the list of headers to strip after 
distribution on the list (so that members cannot see the header).

However, why do this at all?  When a message joins the moderation queue, the 
moderator is notified.  You can arrange to have the message in question 
attached to the moderation notification.   Your moderator can simply reply 
with the appropriate 'approve <md5code>' subject to release the message from 
the moderation queue.  No need to re-post the message from the moderator.  If 
the intention is to conceal the original sender's identity, then anonymising 
functions already exist in Sympa.

Steve

Steve Shipway
University of Auckland ITS
UNIX Systems Design Lead
address@concealed
Ph: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86487


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From: address@concealed 
[address@concealed] on behalf of John Levine 
[address@concealed]
Sent: Monday, 16 November 2015 4:53 p.m.
To: address@concealed
Subject: [sympa-users] Pre-approving a moderated message

I have a moderated list (the venerable Telecom Digest) where the
moderation all happens somewhere else, and the moderator sends the
approved messages to the list which posts them.  When I was using mj2
he added an Approved: header with a password which was stripped off as
they were posted.  The From: lines are unpredictable and most are not
subscribers to the list.

What's an easy way to get the same effect in Sympa?  The messages pass
through a script of mine here on the way in so I can munge them
however I need to, although I would prefer not to munge them very
much.

R's,
John