HP UX Internet Express Software manual Changing Moderated List Parameters

Changing Moderated List Parameters

To change the moderated list 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 Moderated List Parameters.

5.When Moderated? (moderate) is set to Yes, all postings to the list must be approved by the moderator.

6.Specify the e-mail address of the moderator in the Moderator (moderator) field to send bounced messages to the moderator instead of the list owner.

7.Click on Submit.

Changing List Restriction Parameters

To change the list restriction 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 List Restriction Parameters.

5.If the header of a posted message contains a string matching any of the regular expressions you enter in the Header Strings Prompting Review (taboo_headers) field, the message will be bounced for review.

6.If the body of a posted message contains a string matching any of the regular expressions you enter in the Message Text Prompting Review (taboo_body) field, the message will be bounced for review.

7.If the e-mail address of a requestor matches any of the regular expressions you enter in the List Is Advertised to These Users (advertise) field, the list will be listed in the output of a lists command. Failure to match any regular expression excludes the list from the output. The regular expressions entered in the List Is Not Advertised to These Users (noadvertise) field override those specified in this field.

8.If the e-mail address of a requestor matches any of the regular expressions you enter in the List Is Not Advertised to These Users (noadvertise), the list is excluded from the output of a lists command. The regular expressions entered in this field override those entered in List Is Advertised to These Users (advertise).

9.Enter the name of one or more files, separated by either a colon (:) or a space, in the Files Defining Addresses That Can Post to the List (restrict_post) field. Only addresses listed in these files can post to the mailing list. By default, these files are relative to the lists directory. These files are also checked when any of the following tags are set to list:

•get_access

•index_access

•info_access

•intro_access

•which_access

•who_access

You cannot create these files unless you have access to the machine running resend. This mechanism will be replaced in a future version of Majordomo.

10.Click on Submit.

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