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Subject: Re: Avoiding listname-outgoing alias all together
From: Chris Taylor <chris @ christaylor . com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 16:58:31 -0700
To: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <34DB4EC6.BB1F2C13@earthbroadcasting.com> <ufa7m78sh20.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>

> E> So, I would like to know if any of you know how I can send to my list
> E> without using any sendmail aliases.
>
> You are trying to subvert all of the operating modes of Majordomo, so what
> you want won't be easy.  How much hacking are you willing to do?
>
> bulk_mailer is normally called from the outgoing alias.  You can do it
> otherwise, but you're on your own there.

Maybe I can suggest another way of looking at the problem.  Majordomo will be
maintaining my list, and you can think of the emails I will be sending as
"spam"-like.  Don't get the wrong impression, though.  The people on my list
will be there voluntarily.  I don't want anyone to be able to spam my list
subscribers.  Can I pipe an email through sendmail or bulk_mail without setting
up an alias?  I just don't want anyone trying to hack my outgoing alias.  Forget
about hiding the outbound alias, I want to eliminate it completely, thus
insuring an extremely secure list.  I thought about setting up a script to
temporarily add an outbound alias, send the email to the list and then remove
the alias.  Though that would work, it's more of a kludge. I put my problem in
the hands of your genius.  Please forgive my presumption if this isn't truely a
majordomo problem.  I came to this as I was trying to get majordomo to do it for
me, but the whole hiding the outgoing alias bit was and is uncomfortable to me.

--Chris
www.christaylor.com



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