October 2001 - Smartlist - lists.rwth-aachen.de

Bounces not unsubscribing
by Thom Byxbe 17 Oct '01

17 Oct '01

Having a problem with bounces not un subscribing... Not sure where to look... I am getting these X-Diagnostic: lines back if that helps... Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Old-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:23:28 -0400 Message-ID: <20011017032328.EPRT450.bnfep03(a)bnfep03.boone.winstar.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; Boundary="===========================_ _= 1701660(450)1003289008" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Diagnostic: Mail coming from a daemon, ignored X-Diagnostic: Possible loopback problem ************* Thom Byxbe Byxbe(a)WorkBench.Net 248.661.8005 - Voice 209.755.8353 - Fax/Voice Mail ************* "There ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something!" - Thomas A. Edison

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Re: SmartList and virus concern
by Stan Goodman 15 Oct '01

15 Oct '01

** Reply to message from Werner Reisberger <werner(a)pure.ch> on Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:15:23 +0000 What is wrong with the posting quoted below is that, instead of being informative, it refers us to the FAQ, which is equally uninformative. The FAQ mentions (au-passant) that one can deal with the problem by use of rc.local files, but gives no hint about how to do this. There is no list anywhere, as far as I (and apparently others) have been able to discover, of the various available rc.local files, what they do, and at what point in the process they act. Just as unfortunate, there is no central archive (or if there is, it is well hidden) from which one can obtain these files. In a word, the level of user- friendliness is very close to zero. Third-party hosting services offering SmartList feel no obligation to make these scripts available to users. Mine, for example does not. Perhaps you would post to the SmartList list, for the benefit of your users, a pointer to a list of scripts, with their descriptions; that would make them useful to a far wider group than they are now. Since the scripts are apparently all rather small files, perhaps you could even find a few kilobytes somewhere to post them for FTP download. Would that be difficult? > Intrepid Video Info <info(a)intrepid-video.com> schrieb: > > > I've been looking for some time now, for a way to only allow plain text > > emails on the list. > > I have three different rc.local files(s10, R20, etc) > > Which one an dhow can I configure it? > > that's a faq question > > http://www.hartzler.net/smartlist/ > > Werner

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SmartList and virus concern
by Srower＠aol.com 12 Oct '01

12 Oct '01

I am utilizing SmartList provided by my hosting service (I have no access to change program settings other than add, delete, newsletter, moderated, etc.). My list is set as a newsletter with the intent that subscribers sign up and we send them a newsletter once a month. We should be the only ones able to send messages to the "list." I used SmartList for the first time on 9/18 (when the Nimda virus hit) and although I had done an updated virus scan on my system prior to sending the newsletter to the list, the Snow White virus somehow attached to hundreds of the mailings (thousands went out okay though) and ended up bouncing our newsletter all over the place, often reappearing in people's boxes 20 or 30 times. When the infected recipients "replied" to the newsletter, the mails were then sent to various and sundry e-mail addresses, but generally not to the e-mail address of the list. I now have to do a new mailing and am scared to death to repeat the same performance. Anyone have any words of wisdom for me?

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Filter on To: and Cc: headers?
by Remco Rijnders 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Dear all, I operate a number of mailinglists that are open for posting to anyone. Unfortunately, this openness is being abused by spammers that send out a lot of spam to the lists. As is common with most spam, they send to fake or non existing addresses with the real recipient address only being given in BCC headers. How do I put up such a filter that only mail for a given domain is accepted for the list? Right now I have a rc.local.s10 like this: :0 * !(To|Cc):.*starchat.net ! spameater(a)webconquest.com SUBJ=`formail -zx Subject:` :0fw * ! ^Subject:.*\[routing]\] * ! ^Subject:.Re: * | formail -I "Subject: [routing] $SUBJ" But that doesn't seem to do the trick. Any insights? -- ICQ: 760542, Tel: (+31) 6 11316573, http://www.webconquest.com -*- Zippy's revelation of the moment: -*- As President I have to go vacuum my coin collection!

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I would like translate to spanish...
by Miguel Cruz 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Hallo i would like translate the message that smartlist sends to people. I change file suscribe.txt but the firsts lines arent in that files, I dont know how can i change that: "You have added: email(a)eamail.com The following mail...." Thanks

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(no subject)
by Miguel Cruz 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

Hallo i would like translate the message that smartlist sends to people. I change file suscribe.txt but the firsts lines arent in that files, I dont know how can i change that: You have added: email(a)eamail.com The following mail.... Thanks

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