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Subject: Re: restrict_post and who
From: Ben Smithurst <ben @ scientia . demon . co . uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:49:46 +0000
To: Mercedes Gimenez <mer . gimenez @ uam . es>
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.19990322142734.00923610@pop.uam.es>
References: <3.0.5.32.19990322142734.00923610@pop.uam.es>

Mercedes Gimenez wrote:

> 	Hello all. I have in a list (name=test), this configuration:
> 
> restrict_post       =  test-restrict
> who_access          = list
> 
> I'am a member of test list , but I'm not a member of test-restrict
> file. Why can't I do a who of test??.
>
> If I add my email to test-restrict, then I can do a who of test.

You haven't read the comments in the config file properly. It states
that if "restrict_post" is set, then setting who_access to "list" means
addresses from the "restrict_post" setting can do a "who", whether they
are actually subscribed to the list or not.

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Ben Smithurst
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