Re: Majordomo List questions

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> We are planning to terminate our Masters Forum majordomo list which is
> private (members only added by someone with Admin privileges).
> Is it possible to set up a type of "out of office" auto email so that if
> folks try to email the list, they will receive a custom email "reply"?
> We would like to have this occur for several days preceding the last day
> of the list, and if possible, for a few days after the list is
> terminated.
> *	days preceding the last day of the list - custom "reply" would
> notify how many days left before list is shut down and URL for
> instructions on how to join the list on its new platform.  Would the
> custom "reply" go directly and only to the person posting to the list
> (this is what we'd prefer), or would it be distributed to the entire
> list?=20
> *	days after the list is terminated - custom "reply" would provide
> URL for instructions on how to join the list on its new platform.  We
> could unsubscribe all members but keep the list "active", if that would
> allow us to have this type of custom auto-reply notice.
> 
> Can someone please guide available options in Majordomo?=20
> 
> thanks and
> regards,=20
> Vikas=20

What you want is not exactly available far I know, but:
Suggestion:
cd /usr/local/majordomo/lists
cp /dev/null Null

vi list.config
	restrict_post   = Null

Then postings will go to owner/moderator which could answer manually
or run a non majordomo supplied filter script (called vi a standard
~/.forward ).  You could maybe use a variant of  the vacation script
to generate the auto response ? I guess a straight vacation would
respond to domo or daemon not original sender. Hence need for a
custom variant filter.

Cheers,
Julian
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