On [2001-Dec-06] violet@torithoughts.org violet@torithoughts.org wrote:
Rich wrote:
I setup a file (called accept5 on my server) which looks like a dist file and contains the addresses of people who can post but who don't want to receive postings.
In rc.submit add accept5 to the accept and accept2 files being checked for allowed submitters (it is in that condition line under the check for foreign_submit)
Rich, out of curiosity ... what do you use accept2 for? Or rather, how does accept5 differ from accept2 for your list(s)?
The reason I ask is that I use accept2 to allow select non-members to post. (So they can post, but not get list postings.) I also use it to allow members with multiple addresses to post from their other addresses if they want to (seems everyone has more than one address nowadays).
So I'm just wondering what accept5 does that accept2 doesn't.
Violet,
In my configuration accept is the dist file for the list and accept2 is a link to the dist file for the digest. I also have an accept4 file which is all those people allowed to turn their receipt of list mail on and off (basicly a form of un/subscribe). Accept5 is the list of addresses from which postings are accepted which are not already in the dist files. If you have been counting, <g>, you'll notice that there is a gap -- yes, there is an accept3 as well, it contains those who are permitted to access the archive functions.
Rich