Re: can't use the word 5ub5cribe in list posts?

At 2:25pm -0500, 12/19/04, Ilyse Kazar <[email protected]> wrote:

> I understand that messages sent to [email protected] are processed as
> commands. But on my little discussion list, we are finding that messages sent
> to [email protected] cannot contain the word 5ub5scribe ??!!

The filter is called administrivia, which you may turn off in 
[listname].config. I don't recommend it, due to many rude zubscribers over the 
years who have been known to send "Unzubscribe me!" messages to the 
list-posting address deliberately, or other zubscribers with good intent who 
accidentally send a command to the list-posting address.

> 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 ...

It checks the Subject header and the first 10 (or is it 20?) lines of the 
message. Even so, it's wise to munge it as zubscribe or zubscriber elsewhere in 
the message. It could still be quoted in reply and end up near the top of 
subsequent messages.

The words filtered by administrivia are in majordomo.cf, Regular Expressions in 
written in perl syntax.