I've been running a Majordomo list for a couple of years now, but the
provider is closing down its services and I've had to ask a friend if
he could let me use his server for a new list.
He knows a lot about UNIX, programming and that sort of stuff has set
up a new list which is working fine.
I've spent the past few days configuring the "config", "intro" and
"info" files as well as testing it.
As he doesn't know much about Majordomo, and I don't know much about
the technical stuff we try to complement each other's knowledge, so
basically I'm trying to find the information needed, and he does the
installments/configurations at the server.....
I've got a fair bit of knowledge about the stuff you do via email
concerning the files mentioned above.
The version of Majordomo I'm now using with the new server is 1.94.5
which I understand is the latest one, right?
Any patches or fixes I should have my friend install? Any extra
features which could come in handy with additional patches?
What I really want to know is about the "bounce" problem.
Now and then members with multiple accounts forget that they can only
post from the same account as they've subscribed from.
I've already set up the following parameters to make it as secure as possible:
get_access = list
intro_access = list
restrict_post = notator
subscribe_policy = open+confirm
unsubscribe_policy = open+confirm
which_access = list
who_access = list
Now, as far as I can tell this should eliminate just about all
problems, alerting the sender that he/she can't access those commands
because they're non-members, and that if subscribing/unsubscribing, the
person in question is contacted (in case the non-subscribed address is
used when sending the command) and so on.
The only exception is when a non-member (i.e. a member using another
account) posts a message to the list.
In this case, I, as the list-owner get a "bounce" message.
What good does this do? It only causes me more work as I have to
contact the sender about this.
Why not alert the sender as with those commands which are only
restricted to list members?
I believe there is a patch or a solution for this, but I couldn't find
any looking through older messages.
Hallvard
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