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On Fri, March 3, 2006 1:08 pm, Daniel Liston said:
> Derrick MacPherson wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to get majordomo to deliver to personal recipients
>> instead of the list name, in the To: field?
>>
>
> This question gets frequently asked/answered. Dave Barr should add
> it to the FAQ.
>
> To rephrase your question, you want the final recipient's address
> in the To: header of the message that is distributed by majordomo.
>
> The short answer, is majordomo doesn't do this. Majordomo does not
> have a switch, config, or plug-in to rewrite message headers.
>
> Majordomo did not send the original message, the author of that message
> did. That author sent their message "To: [email protected]". In
> many or most cases, the author does not know or care who is subscribed
> to your list, and has no intention of making the message appear to come
> directly from him/her to each subscriber. They wrote to the list, not
> independent subscribers of that list.
>
> Majordomo simply distributes the original message, headers in tact, to
> the subscribed recipients of that list via your MTA as one message with
> a list of addresses to deliver to.
I have nearly 5000 listers on about 110 lists and my initial reaction is
that this would be a very bad idea. It seems to me that it would make the
list itself seem less involved and less a perceived service. Maybe I'm off
the mark, but why would you want to do this?
Karl
>
> Either majordomo "resend" would have to be rewritten to loop through
> your subscriber list addressing a separate message to each subscriber,
> or your MTA would have to be configured/rewritten to modify the To:
> header field of the message. This might even be achievable by piping
> the message to another program between majordomo and your MTA.
>
> If anyone in majordomo land has written such a program, configured an
> MTA, or modified majordomo to support this request, please speak up.
>
> Dan Liston
>
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