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

Re:is the accept list easy to bypass?
by Llorenc Sole 05 Sep '01

05 Sep '01

> Er...might you want to tell me what's wrong with making the list >moderated, using the password scheme already built into SmartList to avoid >anyone bypassing the admittedly-light security of delinking the accept/dist? You are right, the moderated list is the way to get an announcement-only list. At first, I thought it was a two step process (sending the message to the list and then having the moderator to manually approve it for redistribution), which seemed to me cumbersome. Now, I've figured out it's enough adding the Approved line at the top of the announcement for immediate distribution. What I'm not sure is about the relationship between the moderated_flag and foreign_submit options. If foreign_submit is disabled, do I have to put the moderator address in the accept file (seems to me so) or moderator messages with good Approved lines are always distributed? Llorenc Sole Maresme Netcom, S.L.

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is the accept list easy to bypass?
by Llorenc Sole 04 Sep '01

04 Sep '01

Hi, I plan to use smartlist for a announcements only list, where only a person will be able to post to the list. From the manual, I uncomment force_submit, delink the accept file and put in it the authorized email address for posting. I wonder if this method is not too easy to bypass by a malicious subscriber. It seems enough to configure any email program with the posting address to spam the list (and I'd say this address is sent in the headers). Am I wrong? If not, what can be done to avoid this without making the list moderated? TIA, Llorenc Sole Maresme Netcom, S.L.

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OPT-IN List S u b s c r i p t i o n s
by pegmgr＠peg.com 04 Sep '01

04 Sep '01

Is anyone doing anything with integrating OPT-IN subscriptions into their smartlist environment? The kind where a subscription request sends a message which must be responded to in order for the subscription to be approved? If so, what are you using and how well does it work? -- PEG Manager pegmgr(a)peg.com

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Access and Dist files
by Carlos Santos 04 Sep '01

04 Sep '01

Hi. This is probably a stupid question: How do i subscribe (manually) some addresses to the dist file and have them immediately replicated to the access file ? It has something to do with linking the files but i can't seem to find a doc that explains this. Thanks, Carlos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARLOS SANTOS (+351 96 6456574; ICQ 21537583) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETOSFERA - INTERNET E MULTIMÉDIA, LDA. Largo Sr. Aflitos, Nº8, 1º Andar, Escritório 4 4700-261 Braga - Portugal Tel./Phone: +351 253 276998 Fax: +351 253 274355 E-mail: geral(a)netosfera.pt Web: http://www.netosfera.pt/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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help
by Tariq Ismail Dalvi 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list I shall highly appreciate if some one can have a look at this header and let me know what I am doing wrong I was trying to setup Smartlist to except submission only from entries in accept file so subscribers cannot post or submit to newletter, after config as per manual I get message X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list, I have setup RC s00, s01 and s02 accept file contain emails of people permited to submit rc.custom and rc.init are configer as follows maxhist = 32 # bounce history limit minbounce = 4 # no. of bounces before removal cutoff_bounce = 256 # lines to keep in bounce processing match_threshold= 30730 # for close matches to the list #medium_threshold= 28672 # for not so close matches to the list #loose_threshold= 24476 # for loosely finding your name #auto_off_threshold= $medium_threshold # for auto-unsubscribing bouncers #off_threshold = $loose_threshold # for unsubscribing #reject_threshold= $match_threshold # for rejecting subscriptions #submit_threshold= $medium_threshold # for permitting submissions #unsub_assist ##unsub_assist = 8 # uncomment (and change perhaps) this #foreign_submit = yes foreign_submit # uncomment this line if you X-POP3-Rcpt: user(a)name.net Received: (from owner@localhost) by host.hosting.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7TAPLE30544 for user(a)name.net; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:25:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:25:21 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: host.hosting.com: owner set sender to testlist-request(a)name.net using -f X-From_: max(a)dalvis.net Wed Aug 29 06:25:19 2001 Received: from 213.94.227.119 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host.hosting.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7TAPId30519 for <testlist(a)name.net>; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:25:19 -0400 To: testlist(a)name.net From: User <user(a)name.net> Subject: message 25 Reply-To: user(a)name.net Old-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:54:46 -0700 X-Sender: user(a)name.net X-Originating-Host: 213.94.227.119 [213.94.227.119]; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:25:18 GMT X-Mailer: WebMail Check v2.3.21 (2000-7-19) X-Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; ITP), JavaScript: On Message-ID: <EmEsSaGe.iD.97328071035522(a)www.name.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list X-Envelope-To: testlist Thanking you with best regards. Tariq Dalvi

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