Re: Lists sharing membership?

Michael Yount <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:54:33 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.mail.majordomo.majordomo2.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Richard Morse wrote:
>> Did you accomplish this using the message_headers and delete_headers 
>> settings, or by some other means?
>
> The way I did it was by setting 'override_reply_to' to be yes, and 
> then setting 'reply_to' to be '$LIST@$HOST'. Is there a better way to 
> do it that will even make Outlook consistently work?
No, that's your best option.
>
>>> I've been asked to set up a second list, with exactly the same set 
>>> of recipients, which is for annoucements only, where the replies go 
>>> back to the sender. Is there any way to create a list which is never 
>>> actually subscribed to, but grabs its subscribers from a different 
>>> list? This would have to be dynamic, as the original's list 
>>> membership changes from time to time as study investigators and 
>>> project managers come and go, and I'm trying to avoid just having a 
>>> second list that we have to remember to subscribe people to.
>>>
>
> But perhaps you have something in mind that doesn't require them 
> having to somehow modify the headers of their email messages?

The "announce" command (which involves uploading a file) is the only way 
to do this that I can see.

Michael