and without root access to the server....is there another way?
On or about Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 09:44:09AM +0200, David Kelly typed:
we have a massive problem with the W32.Sircam.Worm@mm. I want to temporarily close the lists we have...what's the best way???
Comment out the entries in the /etc/aliases file?
You could try a cron job that touches the .etc/rc.lock file every 10-15 minutes until you're ready to roll again. Then just remove the cron job when things are better. From the Manual file: If you don't use "led" but still would like to put incoming mails on hold temporarily, then you can do this: - for all the lists by creating the file: .etc/rc.lock - only for one list by creating the file: rc.lock in the list directory of that list. The .bin/flist command checks to see if these rc.lock files exist AND are not older than 17 minutes before delivering the mail. So, if you create an rc.lock file, mails to that (or all) lists will stall for the next 17 minutes. If you need more time, touch the file every so often. You should remove the rc.lock files again after finishing your editing. If you would like to change the -dist alias (used to distribute the mail to the subscribers) into something less well known, go right ahead, but remember to change the corresponding assignment to listdist. For completeness sake one should also correct the createlist and removelist scripts in that case. If you are using chopdist to expand the dist-file, then you don't even need a -dist alias at all. -- Pat ___________________Think For Yourself____________________ Patrick G. Salsbury - http://reality.sculptors.com/~salsbury/ Contribute to the "Laws We'd Like To See" project: http://reality.sculptors.com/cgi-bin/fom --------------------------------------------------------- Optimization hinders evolution.