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Subject: Re: Who Restriction with restrict_post = <mylist>
From: Daniel Liston <dliston @ netscape . com>
Organization: Netscape Communications Corp.
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:48:25 -0500
To: Mike Zets <mzets @ usna-net . org>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <037801c155ac$3d05a300$595db23f@sandi>


Mike,

It looks to me like the current settings 
on your <listname> is sufficient to do
exactly what you are asking. 
I don't think you are missing anything.

Let me make sure I understand your requirement.

You want an unmoderated list, 
that can only be posted to by subscribers,
but nobody can subscribe without the approval of the list owner.
You want to allow list subscribers to see which lists they are members of,
but do not want them to see membership information of any list(s).

Are you saying that with your current setting of "who_access = closed",
list members can send a "who <listname>" command to majordomo and
receive the full membership roster of <listname> back from majordomo?

Do you have the same configuration settings in <mylist-digest.config>?

Hiding the membership should only require the "who_access = closed"
(and the @ hole narrowed to the number of lists on your server).

Hiding the list itself requires
noadvertise <<END
/./
END
but will only hide the list from non-subscribed addresses.
Members will be able to see list names of all lists they are
subscribed to regardless of the "noadvertise" setting.  

Taking this fact to the next level, if you use noadvertise 
in all your lists and set "which_access = closed", you can 
just let members use the "lists" command to see which lists 
they are on.  The downside of this, is they will never see
the other lists that may be worth subscribing to either.

Dan Liston

Mike Zets wrote:
> 
> I hope there is someone with an answer but the logic behind some of the list
> configurations has me befuddled.
> 
> CURRENT SETTINGS in mylist.conf ...
> 
> moderate = no
> restrict_post = <mylist> <mylist-digest>
> subscribe_policy = closed
> which_access  = list
> who_access = closed
> 
> (majordomo.cf is set up with $max_which_hits = 10; to close the "which @"
> hole)
> 
> QUESTION:  How can I prevent members of <mylist> from accessing other member
> names via "who <mylist>" while still allowing posting by all members in an
> unmoderated list via "restrict_post = <mylist> <mylist-digest>" ???
> 
> There must be a way to hide the membership roster, <mylist>, from a "who
> <mylist>" request sent to majordomo by a member while still allowing
> unmoderated postings from members of <mylist>.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Mike Zets
> Westlake, OH
> mzets@USNA-Net.org
> Moderator for USNA-Net Listservers
> Webmaster - www.USNA-Net.org



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