Re: Can one-way lists be created?
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 04:49:55PM -0800, Larry Tai wrote:
Hi, We have a need to create some class lists where only the instructors can post to the lists, but nobody else. Is this the same as creating a moderated list where:
1. instructor is the moderator 2. dist file contains the e-addresses of all the students in the class 3. reject file contains the same entries as in the dist file
No, what you want to do is different. You want to uncomment the line in the rc.custom file that says: ##foreign_submit note: NOT the line above it that says: #foreign_submit = yes Then you want to rm the symlink named accept which links to the dist file and instead creat an accept file which contains the email addresses of all the people who should be able to submit to the list. Regards, Don MacDougall USC School of Medicine
At 12:26 AM -0500 2/14/03, Donald MacDougall is rumored to have typed:
Then you want to rm the symlink named accept which links to the dist file and instead creat an accept file which contains the email addresses of all the people who should be able to submit to the list.
ANd, since From: header fields are easily forgable, you should _still_ make your list moderated and require those "trusted" users to "approve" their messages as well. (See archives for pointers to various patches for multiple maintainers, different methodology for approving messages, and other security considerations.) Charlie
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