Re: sender allowed to post but not in recipient list

Frank Bax wrote:

> At 03:20 PM 7/8/05, Allan P. Magmanlac wrote:
>
>> Is is possible for a list be modified to allow "[email protected]" to 
>> send
>> to the list but not be on the list of recipients, or be returned if a 
>> "Who"
>> command is done on the list?
>
>
>
> The list of subscribers (recipients) and the list of email addresses 
> allowed to post (restrict_post) are two different things.  Many people 
> choose to point the "restrict_post" config option to the subscriber 
> list, because that's easy and means "members only" can post to the list.
>
> It doesn't have to be that way.  For an outgoing only list (like an 
> announcement list)  "restrict_post" would point to a file of posters 
> only.  The list of valid posters would be manually maintained in this 
> case.
>
> If you want a combination of the two (subscribers, and additional 
> posters), I suggest you write a script to combine the subscriber list 
> with "additional poster" list and point "restrict_post" to this 
> combined file.  Run the script as often as necessary. 

Or just put put both lists in the restrict_post variable, separated by a 
comma.

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Have a good day!

Dick Draves
Systems Administrator
Bard College

(845) 758-7119