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Subject: Re: Bouncing Messages.
From: "James D. Stallings" <jim @ mcws . net>
Organization: Micro Concepts of Chesterfield Web Services
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 19:20:28 -0400
To: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <33F76953.54AB9F4D@mcws.net> <ufa7mdk30yy.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>
Reply-to: jim @ mcws . net

Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

> >>>>> "JDS" == James D Stallings <jim@mcws.net> writes:
>
> JDS> I have found that majordomo is bouncing any messages that are
> sent the
> JDS> mailing list that have any type of xubscribe, unxubscribe in the
> JDS> message.
>
> Yes, it's sending them to the owner for approval.  Does the owner
> somehow
> not want to approve these messages?

I can understand approval, but why would it send a message for approval
when it is not a request, but a simple message being posted to the list.

> JDS> It is possible to tell majordomo not to bounce messages that are
> sent
> JDS> to the mailing list that have commands in it.
>
> Sure.  Just read the config file; the option is 'administrivia'.  But
> then
> your list will see all of those annoying misdirected list commands.

Understand

> JDS> Right now there can be no messages sent to the list that have any
>
> JDS> admin commands in it, ie...
>
> Untrue.  There can be no such messages without owner approval, but
> that's
> what the list owner is for.

understand there, just feel that majordomo should not be checking
messages going to mail lists like majordomo-users@xxx.yyy for admin
commands.  These is what majordomo-users-requests@xxx.yyy is for.

Jim



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