Me too. I found this outrageously troublesome! I have non-techies posting
things to a mailgroup. How am I supposed to tell them they can't use the
word 5ub5cribe, de1ete, or other key words.
And I've tried turning off administrivia and it doesn't help
At 02:25 PM 12/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello -- I'm a brand-new list member & do not have benefit of archives
>(are there any?) -- I apologize in advance if this is a FAQ!
>
>I run a mailing list for a very small group of 10 5ub5cribers , using my
>ISP's mailing list server ... which runs off of majordomo. I've made some
>small tweaks to the config file, based on some admin command info I was
>able to find out there on the 'net ... but am really a complete novice at
>hosting a majordomo list. So please bear with me here ... my hosting
>provider makes majordomo lists available as a service, but for
>help/support they send you back out to the open-source community.
>
>Here we go...
>
>I understand that messages sent to majordomo@domain.xxx are processed as
>commands. But on my little discussion list, we are finding that messages
>sent to listname@domain.xxx cannot contain the word 5ub5scribe ??!! (I am
>changing the spelling of the word here, because we are finding that's the
>only way to include this word in any list post, so I'm assuming things
>might be the same on this list.)
>
>If the word is spelled the usual way, even if it is embodied somewhere in
>the 2nd paragraph of a long post, causes the message to be bounced to
>list-owner (me). So far my only recourse is to ask the 5ub5scriber to
>repost but to disguise that pesky word by misspelling it ...
>
>How is it that a word buried within a message to list@domain.xxx is
>processed as though a command were sent to majordomo@domain.xxx?? Is this
>expected behavior? Is there something I can change in the config file so
>that any word is allowable in list posts?
>
>Thanks so much,
>
>Ilyse Kazar
>--
>Datatude(R) Ltd. consulting services
><http://www.datatude.net/>
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