HP UX Internet Express Software manual Changing Administration Parameters

Changing Administration Parameters

To change administration parameters for a Majordomo mailing list, follow these steps:

1.From the Administration utility Main menu, choose Manage Components.

2.Under Mail on the Manage Components menu, choose Majordomo Mailing Lists.

3.Select mailing list you want to modify from the Existing Mailing Lists list.

4.From the Modify Majordomo Mailing List menu, choose Modify Administration Parameters.

5.When Monitor Administrative Requests (administrivia) is set to yes, Majordomo forwards these requests (for example, subscribe or unsubscribe) to the list maintainer instead of the list members.

6.You can change the Administration Password (admin_password), which controls access to handling administrative tasks on the list.

7.Click on Submit.

Changing Subscription Parameters

To change subscription parameters for a Majordomo mailing list, follow these steps:

1.From the Administration utility Main menu, choose Manage Components.

2.Under Mail on the Manage Components menu, choose Majordomo Mailing Lists.

3.Select mailing list you want to modify from the Existing Mailing Lists list.

4.From the Modify Majordomo Mailing List menu, choose Modify Subscription Parameters.

5.When Send Welcome Message and List Charter to New Users (welcome) is set to Yes, a welcome message (and optional introductory file) will be sent to the newly subscribed user.

6.Welcome Mail Sender Address (sender) is the envelope and sender address for the resent mail. The string @resend_host is appended to the value you enter in this field to form a complete address. For Majordomo, it provides the sender address for the welcome mail message generated as part of the subscribe command.

7.You can set Subscribe Policy (subscribe_policy) to one of the following values:

•open to subscribe self—Allows people to subscribe themselves to the list.

•closed to approval required—Requires maintainer approval for all subscribe requests to the list.

•auto to unrestricted—Allows anybody to subscribe anybody to the list without maintainer approval.

•open+confirm to subscribe self w/ confirmation—Allows people to subscribe themselves to the list. Majordomo sends a reply back to the subscriber, which includes an authentication number that must be included with another subscribe command.

•closed+confirm to approval required w/ confirmation—Requires maintainer approval for all subscribe requests to the list. Majordomo sends a reply back to the subscriber, which includes an authentication number that must be included with another subscribe command.

•auto+confirm to unrestricted w/ confirmation—Allows anybody to subscribe anybody to the list without maintainer approval. Majordomo sends a reply back to the subscriber, which includes an authentication number that must be included with another subscribe command.

8.You can set Unsubscribe Policy (unsubscribe_policy) to one of the following values:

•open to unsubscribe self—Allows people to unsubscribe themselves from the list.

•closed to approval required—Requires maintainer approval for all unsubscribe requests to the list. If the file listname.closed exists, it is the same as specifying the value closed.

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