Gaggle Mail has supported message moderation for a while but we’ve just made some enchantments to make it more flexible and powerful. The first thing you will notice is that we’ve moved all moderation options into their own tab.
In the new Moderation tab the first option is to switch moderation on or off. Below that is a new section where you can specify who should the moderators for your group. Previously the group moderators were just the administrators but now you can nominate people to be moderators without being an administrator. However administrators are still moderators.
Next is a section where you can specify whose messages get moderated. There are two options; “Everyone expect these people” and “Just these people”. If you select “Everyone except these people” then everyone sending to the group will have their messages moderated apart from and names you add below. Alternatively selecting “Just these people” will only moderate messages from the names listed below. As was previously the case administrators (and now moderators) don’t have their messages moderated.
Finally at the bottom of the moderation tab is a new option “Notify sender when message held for moderation”. When enabled this option will send an email to anyone who’s message has been held for moderation to let them it has been held an will be sent to the group once someone has approved it.
How messages are handled once they’ve been held for moderation hasn’t changed and you can read about it here. If you have any comments or thoughts on these changes we’ve made please don’t hesitate to let us know.