On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 11:55:56AM +0000, Chris Green wrote:

On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:48:00PM +0800, lang wrote:

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On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Chris Green wrote:

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However all my requests to the request list get the following warning:-

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WARNING: Please try to use 'uk-riders-request@isbd.co.uk' the next time when issuing (un)subscribe requests.

This looks like the message people get when they send un/subscribe requests to the list address. Do you have two recipes in .procmailrc:

:0 *^TOuk-riders@isbd.etc | path to flist uk-riders

:0 *^TOuk-riders-request@isbd.etc | path to flist uk-riders-request

Sounds like you only have one.

My .procmailrc has:-

:0:
* ^TOuk-riders
| $HOME/slist/.bin/flist uk-riders

:0:
* ^TOuk-riders-request
| $HOME/slist/.bin/flist uk-riders-request

The second colon won't be affecting it will it, that's just locking (which is unnecessary in this case, I know).

!!!! What a twit I am, of course the first .procmail recipe for uk-riders catches anything for uk-riders-request as well.

I'll go and wear my dunce's cap for a while! :-)

What I need is to have unsubscribe requests processed automatically meaning that when a subscriber sends an unsubscribe request to the request address, they will be unsubscribed without intervention from me but with a copy of the unsubscribe confirmation sent to me.

Your rc.custom file is set correctly to do this.

Further, only subscribers must be allowed to post to the list.

Your rc.custom file is setup for this, however, if you have delinked the accept file and the dist file than this won't work, because only those in the accept file can post. For the list to accept posts from the subscribers, the subscribers must be in the accept file. This is why the accept file and the dist file, which contains the subscribers, usually are hard linked.

Do you have terminal access to your server? If so, then you can relink the accept and dist files, by running from within the list directory at the prompt: "ln dist accept". You might want to make a copy of your accept and dist files first, then remove the accept file, then hard link to dist file as per above command.

--Joyce

On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Anne-Marie Oualit wrote:

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Your rc.custom file is set correctly to do this. >>

Thanks but every time a subscriber sends an unsubscribe request, the subscriber gets a message saying: "You have not been removed, I couldn't find your name on the list".

Are they definitely subscribed under that address? Compare the address they are trying to unsubscribe from with the "dist" file in the same directory as rc.custom - if their address is not in that file, or it is slightly different (eg they are subscribed as user@isp.com and they are trying to unsubscribe user@mail.isp.com) it won't work.

Does anyone have a working rc.custom file that I could have a copy of with the configuration I need?

My rc.custom file looks identical to yours, and works.

- Matt

Shouldn't auto_subscribe be left commented out? Not intuitive, is it?

#auto_subscribe = no #auto_subscribe # uncomment to disable unattended ^^^^^^^ # subscription handling

_Gary

On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 07:16:42AM +0100, Anne-Marie Oualit wrote:

Hi!

I'm just about to give up - the more I try to edit my rc.custom file, the more I seem to mess it up.

I would be more than grateful if one of you could have a look at the attached file and maybe edit it for me.

What I need is to have unsubscribe requests processed automatically meaning that when a subscriber sends an unsubscribe request to the request address, they will be unsubscribed without intervention from me but with a copy of the unsubscribe confirmation sent to me.

Further, only subscribers must be allowed to post to the list.

If anyone could help me with these 2 things, my weekend would be saved. I'm just about to switch back to one of the free mailing list providers but I would so like to keep the list on my own domain maghreb.dk and I hate the ads that go with the free lists.

If any more list configuration files are needed, please let me know.

Hoping to hear from one of you ASAP. Thank you in advance!

Kindest regards, Anne-Marie

PS: How come that addresses that are on the accept list but not on the dist list receive messages from the list? Is there a way to prevent this?