Re: Basically missing something

Bucky Junior wrote:

> I have failed to figure out how to send configuration commands. The 
> syntax must be very simple to those who know. I have tried--in various 
> combinations of spaces and line breaks and order, the following to 
> change the subject prefix for the list. Naturally, it was sent to 
> majordomo@mydomain
> 
> approve password my-list subject_prefix=[$LIST]
> 
> I get back an error message like this:
> 
>  >>>> approve password my-list
> **** approve: unknown list ''.
>  >>>> subject_prefix = [$LIST]
> **** Command 'subject_prefix' not recognized.
>  >>>>

The directives that appear in your list configuration file cannot be 
sent to Majordomo like this. Rather, you ask majordomo to send you the 
configuration file, make the changes you want and then send the 
configuration file back to majordomo.

The process goes like this:

-------------------------------------
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: whatever

config my-list password
-------------------------------------

You'll receive a message from Majordomo which contains the current 
configuration file for your list. And then:

--------------------------------------------------
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: whateveer

newconfig my-list password
<actual contents of your modified config go here>
EOF
--------------------------------------------------

Hope this helps,

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Toomas