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Subject: Majordomo Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (fwd)
From: madavis @ deliberate . com (Marilyn Davis)
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:36:51 -0800 (PST)
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com


> A list is visible via lists, but can't subscribe or 'get' files
> 
> [From Brent Chapman]
> I'll bet your list name has capital letters in it... Majordomo smashes all
> list names to all-lower-case before attempting to use the list name as part
> of a filename. So, while it's OK to advertise (for instance)
> "Majordomo-Users" and have the headers say "Majordomo-Users", the file names
> and archive directory names themselves all need to be in lower case. If you
> want to use mixed case, simply configure the list using the lower-case names
> everywhere, except put the mixed-case version in the "-l" and "-h" flags to
> resend.

Yep!  I'm having this problem.  Is the alias file not case sensitive?
Can I put the mixed version there?  I can use the mixed case version
in the text of the info file? The list command will then give the
lower-case version?
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