Thanks Charlie, point noted..I most likely didn't read far enough or the right doc -----Original Message----- From: smartlist-admin@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE [mailto:smartlist-admin@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE]On Behalf Of Charlie Summers Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 6:08 PM To: Roger Burton West; SmartList-list Subject: Re: need help At 4:46 PM -0500 12/27/00, Roger Burton West is rumored to have typed:
That's because "foreign_submit = yes" means "allow foreign submission". Try "foreign_submit = no".
It'll work (if I remember, the code looks for "y" in the variable), but it makes a lot more sense to unset the variable as instructed in your default rc.custom.
And don't worry - many people find the syntax unclear.
Er...they do? If foreign_submit=yes, submissions from foreign addresses (those not subscribed) are accepted...foreign submissions...foreign_submit, get it? Seems pretty darned clear to me, anyway...especially if you actually read the comments listed in the rc.custom file.
What's commented out is in fact the default state, provided for your reference - if you want something other than the default, you have to put it in yourself.
Actually, that's not correct at all, since _both_ states are clearly in the rc.custom file. The default rc.custom file will have _two_ examples for most flags (yes/no settings), with different comment structures for the lines, as in (using the foreign_submit as an example): #foreign_submit = yes ##foreign_submit # uncomment this line if you # want to restrict submitting to # people on the accept list Note that the first one has a single hash mark (#) denoting the comment, and the second line has a double hash mark. This means simply (and throughout the rc.custom file) that the one with the single hash mark is the pre-set default (set this way in rc.init), and the one with the double hash mark will _change_ the default setting to the opposite setting if uncommented. The rc.custom file is terribly consistant in this regard...read through it carefully and you'll see what I mean. Also, in this case, note that the default file contains _specific_ instructions on how to set this flag properly...it doesn't say uncomment the line above, but "this line" to restrict submissions. "This line," the one with the double hash marks, clearly unsets the variable (making it dissapear from the environment as if it never existed), and doesn't set it to "no" or "uh-huh" or any other value. (It doesn't even set it to a null value...it makes it dissapear in a flash of smoke.) Although I'd agree that some of the more esoteric settings in rc.custom might be a little confusing, this one is in my humble opinion TERRIBLY straight-forward, excellently notated, and should only cause confusion for those people who decide not to read the comments clearly typed out therein. It _does_ occasionally cause confusion, but I think Philip would be hard-pressed to make it any clearer. Charlie _______________________________________________ Smartlist mailing list Smartlist@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/smartlist