Re: List-owner addresses -where are they located etc.?

Daniel Liston <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.majordomo.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:

> I've set up the "config" file for my current list-owner address, but I 
> still get certain Majordomo related messages to my old address, and 
> would like to change this so that *all* Majordomo related stuff goes to 
> the same place.
> I've noticed that most (all?) this stuff is to "[email protected]".

Anything to the moderator, when using moderation or not, goes to the alias
[email protected].  This is normally set in the /etc/aliases
file by the admin/tech guy.

> 
> a) So where do I find a reference to this address, so I can change where 
> it's to be forwarded to?
> Can I do it via email, or does the tech guy have to do it (if I can tell 
> him where it's located, to save him some time)?

Tech guy, /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases are common places to look.

> 
> b) Apart from "LISTNAME-owner" and "owner-LISTNAME" (they both work, 
> going to the same email address -is this common: to use both addresses, 
> and that they both point to the same forwarding address) and 
> "LISTNAME-approval", are there any other addresses pointing to me that I 
> should be aware of?

You could potentially see mail to LISTNAME-request, but not as likely.
> 
> c) A bit off-topic, but....
> apart from the following files: "config", "intro" and "info", are there 
> other files which can be/should be configured by me?
> Are there any files sent out to members which I can/should configure?

You might want to read list-owner-info and the FAQ from the installation
tarball.

Dan Liston
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