Public mail Groups: Is an automatic 'pull' subscription for externals possible ?

Public mail Groups: Is an automatic 'pull' subscription for externals possible ?

A public zoho mail group (e.g. news@....) has naturally external mail members.

Instead of inviting (= pushing) externals to our group, 
we would like to offer externals the possibility to send a dedicated mail which leads automatically to membership
(= pull-principle).

The advantage is that the group membership is not only controlled by group moderators alone,
but additionally by the public, which seems to be a good idea for a public mail group.