On Thu, 22 May 1997, Ian Stevenson wrote:
> One the lists I belong to has the annoying habit of attempting to
> process any command which appears in the user messages sent to the
> list, resulting in a bounce to the list admin (e.g. if a user's
> message contains the word "subscribe" as the first word on a line, the
> list server will attempt to process it and the message gets
> bounced). For some reason, this does not bother the list admin
> (apparently she's gotten used to it and hasn't bothered to look into
> it further). I know this isn't the correct behavior because it only
Actually it is correct procedure if that's the way you have it set. It
keeps commands from those people not bright enough, too lazy or too
forgetful who send commands to the list address rather than the admin
address from going "to the list."
The messages are checked for commands like subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. If
these words are found within (I think) the first 15 lines of the message
(though I'm pretty sure you can change the number of lines it looks), the
message is bounced to the list administrator for handling. If it really is
a list command rather than a message, the list administrator can handle
it. If it isn't, the list administrator can approve it and send it to the
list.
If you don't want this function, set:
administrivia = no
in the list config file.
--
Regards,
Ray Jones
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