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flist -- how do I test?
by Wade Parker 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

I'm setting up SmartList on my in-house mail server. The server is running Debian 2.2 and using exim 3.12 as my MTA, procmail 3.13.1, and SmartList 3.13.1. The aliases for the list test ok when I run: exim -bt <listname(a)domain.org> But when I submit a test subscription, the exim log produces a correct piping to flist as seen in the log excerpt: 2000-09-20 11:41:56 13bmwV-0003ER-00 <= dnewman(a)chickenusa.org H=(chickenusa.org) [209.8.37.151] P=esmtp S=1531 id=39C8D94B.1F367604(a)chickenusa.org 2000-09-20 11:41:56 13bmwV-0003ER-00 => |/var/list/.bin/flist WashingtonReport-request <WashingtonReport-request(a)chickenusa.org> D=system_aliases T=address_pipe 2000-09-20 11:41:56 13bmwV-0003ER-00 Completed But nothing happens. The address is not added to dist. I have "LOGABSTRACT = yes" and "VERBOSE = yes" in the list's rc.custom, but I get no log file. How do I test that flist is operating? Thank you for your assistance. -- Wade Parker National Chicken Council

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Looking for web based utilities
by Sarah K. Miller 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

I'm in the process of setting up mailing lists for a very large organization. I need to find a set of web based utilities to allow the list maintainers to point and click their way through list administration (subs/unsubs/digesting/etc). Any suggestions?? -- Sarah Miller List Administrator Digitaleve.org

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Re: subscribe.txt questions
by Zhiliang Hu 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

It is in .bin/subscribe > Subject: subscribe.txt questions > > 1) When someone subscribes to one of my lists they get this "header" which > appears above the text contained in subscribe.txt: > > You have added to the subscriber list of: > mylist(a)mydomain.com > the following mail address: > subscriber(a)somedomain.com > > How can I get rid of this, along with the transcript of the original > subscription, so that I can include only a simple url (to an html based > subsciption/unsubscription page) and some other basic instructions? > > Many thanks, > > Simon Troup

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Stopping bounces to the list maintainer
by Sarah K. Miller 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

I want to stop bounces from foreign senders from being sent to my list maintainers. I want foreign senders to receive a copy of the accept.txt file and I want their original message to go into the bit bucket, without being sent to the list maintainer. How do I do this? -- Sarah Miller List Administrator Digitaleve.org

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subscribe.txt questions
by Simon Troup 19 Sep '00

19 Sep '00

1) When someone subscribes to one of my lists they get this "header" which appears above the text contained in subscribe.txt: You have added to the subscriber list of: mylist(a)mydomain.com the following mail address: subscriber(a)somedomain.com How can I get rid of this, along with the transcript of the original subscription, so that I can include only a simple url (to an html based subsciption/unsubscription page) and some other basic instructions? Many thanks, Simon Troup

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seprate distribution and accepts lists
by Paonia Ezrine 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

does smart list allow you to have seprate distribution (who gets mail) and accept lists (who can send mail) if not do people know of other software that does? thanks Paonia

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new smart list user needs help
by Charlene Reese 13 Sep '00

13 Sep '00

Are there any kind souls out there who would like to answer some questions I have as a new user of smart list? I don't want to bore the whole list with my basic questions. -charlene -- -------------------------- Charlene Reese - S r T e U e D s I e O Digital Graphic Design for Print, Multimedia and the Web c(a)reesestudio.net http://www.reesestudio.net 949.766.7822

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CONTROLLING POSTING ACCESS
by NAMACentral 10 Sep '00

10 Sep '00

I am tryign to figure out how to set my list to only allow subscribed users to post to the list. Is it possible to do this without setting the list as moderated? TIA.

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Maximum users allowed
by Carlos Santos 09 Sep '00

09 Sep '00

Hi. I want to setup a mailing list that will be administered by one of my clients but i want him to be able to add users just up to a certain predefined number of mailing list users. For instance, i want to allow him to add users to a certain mailing list up to a maximum of 20 users. Of course, i don't want to have to check everyday if he's over the limit. Does Smartlist provide a way to do this ? Thank you, Carlos. ---------------------------------------------------- CARLOS SANTOS (Cell/Mobile: +351 966456574, ICQ: 21537583) ---------------------------------------------------- NETOSFERA, INTERNET & MULTIMEDIA, LDA. http://www.netosfera.pt / geral(a)netosfera.pt Tel(Phone): (+351 253276998) / Fax: (+351 253274255) Lrg. Sr. Aflitos, n8, 1And., Escr4 4710-261 Braga - Portugal ----------------------------------------------------

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SmartList version 3.15 released
by guenther+smartlist＠gac.edu 07 Sep '00

07 Sep '00

I'm pleased to announce the release of SmartList version 3.15. This version includes support for the List-* headers (rfc2369), corrects some problems in the support for having a digested and an undigested list tied together, and fixes some other minor problems. Items changed in version 3.14, which was only available as a prerelease, included better handling of bounce messages (including DSNs), a solution to the infamous "@yahoo" problems (incorrect address extractions by multigram), as well as several other issues. For the complete list of changes, please see the HISTORY file items included below. As with previous versions, you can find this package at the URLs: http://www.procmail.org/SmartList-3.15.tar.gz ftp://ftp.procmail.org/pub/procmail/SmartList-3.15.tar.gz The procmail homepage, http://www.procmail.org, includes a list of mirror sites at which this package should be obtainable within a few days. It also has links to PGP signatures for the above. Many thanks to the members of the smartlist-dev mailing list for their ideas and testing, and special thanks to Santiago Vila for his last minute testing. Philip Guenther Procmail & SmartList Maintainer bug(a)procmail.org 1999/12/17: v3.14 (never really released, was only available as prerelease) If no Message-ID could be recovered from a bounced message, procbounce always picked the same hashkey (this time I mean it) Strip List-* header fields from incoming messages and add List-Subscribe: and List-Unsubscribe: with mailto: URLs for the request address Automatic cross-posting of messages sent to a digested list over to the undigested list only worked if the latter contained the letter 'y' Recognize still more queue warning messages Ignore "Data format", 8-bit conversion, and size errors -- the address is fine, the particular message is presumably at fault Use four digit digest volume numbers starting in the year 2000 Setting archive_hist to "all" causes the archive to never be truncated Changes to multigram: - ignore words that start with an '@' unless they look like a route address Reject attempts to subscribe someone twice with an X-Command mail Recognize DSNs and enable some primitive parsing of them Mention online FAQ in SmartList Manual 2000/09/03: v3.15 Let the location of the "latest" archive be set from rc.custom Add List-Help: and List-Post: header fields with mailto: URLs for the request address and correct format of other List-* header fields "Wrong address" archive retrieval warnings could end up in the header Send submitted messages to maintainer if moderators file is needed but missing Only add List-Subscribe: and List-Unsubscribe: header fields if auto_subscibe and auto_unsubscribe, respectively, are enabled Clarify the error message when a list cannot be created When forwarding a message from a digest list to its corresponding undigested list, remove any Delivered-To: header field containing the name of the digested list, thus allowing the message forwarded back to go out. Changes to multigram: - prevent attempts to exercise a Linux kernel security hole

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