Re: can't use the word 5ub5cribe in list posts?
Rob Green <[email protected]>
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Me too. I found this outrageously troublesome! I have non-techies posting things to a mailgroup. How am I supposed to tell them they can't use the word 5ub5cribe, de1ete, or other key words. And I've tried turning off administrivia and it doesn't help At 02:25 PM 12/19/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Hello -- I'm a brand-new list member & do not have benefit of archives >(are there any?) -- I apologize in advance if this is a FAQ! > >I run a mailing list for a very small group of 10 5ub5cribers , using my >ISP's mailing list server ... which runs off of majordomo. I've made some >small tweaks to the config file, based on some admin command info I was >able to find out there on the 'net ... but am really a complete novice at >hosting a majordomo list. So please bear with me here ... my hosting >provider makes majordomo lists available as a service, but for >help/support they send you back out to the open-source community. > >Here we go... > >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 ??!! (I am >changing the spelling of the word here, because we are finding that's the >only way to include this word in any list post, so I'm assuming things >might be the same on this list.) > >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 ... > >How is it that a word buried within a message to [email protected] is >processed as though a command were sent to [email protected]?? Is this >expected behavior? Is there something I can change in the config file so >that any word is allowable in list posts? > >Thanks so much, > >Ilyse Kazar >-- >Datatude(R) Ltd. consulting services ><http://www.datatude.net/>