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Subject: Re: Question: Running Majordomo on Virtual Domain
From: "Brian H. Marston" <webguy @ fatdays . com>
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 23:19:00 -0500
To: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM

My Question:
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>> Is it possible to run Majordomo (version 1.94.3) on a virtual domain
>> without root access?  I don't have write permissions on /etc/aliases.  Is
>> it possible to use the .aliases file in my home directory to accomplish the
>> same thing?  The .aliases file appears to be of a different format than the
>> /etc/aliases file.  For one thing, it's tab-delimited rather than
>> colon-delimited, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't accept the "include"
>> directive.


The Answer (Thanks, Dale):
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>The only thing you can do is to get root to add the aliases or to add
>a line in sendmail.cf with the OA macro to point to an alias file in
>your directory.  It's a *major* security problem and I wouldn't give it to 
>anyone on any of my machines.


My Next Question:
-----------------
The chances are slim to none that the sys admin for my Web hosting service
will even answer my e-mail, let alone risk security and mess with
/etc/aliases or sendmail.cf (my experience with prowebsite.com can be
summed up as incredibly low prices, incredibly poor service).  Does anyone
know of any software I could get that would allow me to run a mailing list
without root access?  I don't need any fancy features, but I would like
people to be able to subscribe, unsubscribe, and post without any
intervention on my part.

Thanks,
Brian H. Marston
http://www.fatdays.com/
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