System preferences should be configurable
Mailman has a few preferences which serve as defaults for new list members and are defined as constants in mailman/core/constants.py. These are:
acknowledge_posts = False
hide_address = True
receive_list_copy = True
receive_own_postings = True
delivery_mode = DeliveryMode.regular
delivery_status = DeliveryStatus.enabled
Currently these defaults can be changed only by patching the code. They should be configurable.