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Subject: Re: noadvertise in 1.94a4
From: Brock Rozen <brozen @ netvoyage . net>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 16:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
To: Chan Wilson <cwilson @ splut . neu . sgi . com>
Cc: Dave Barr <barr @ math . psu . edu>, majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199604281656.SAA26160@splut.meadow.net>
Reply-to: brozen @ netvoyage . net

On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Chan Wilson wrote:

> Fixed.  do_lists was calling access_check after checking
> advertise/noadvertise, which meant that it would always succeed.
>
> Here's a question:  Should list members be able to see the list via a
> 'lists' command?  Right now, [no]advertise forbids them from seeing
> the list if they match.   Thoughts?

If somebody is on the list, there's no reason that it shouldn't show up
for them when they do give a lists command. It seems silly to not let it
show up.

OTOH, the person may think the list is a "public" list and may tell others
about it just because it shows up in the lists setting.

How about this? Adding a show_lists config setting. When set to yes,
it'll show the list to list members regardless of the
advertise/noadvertise setting and when set to no, it'll stick solely to
the advertise/noadvertise without regard to whether the person is a list
member.

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