Re: Storing names with addresses

On 1/19/26 1:35 PM, Jan Eden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to use mlmmj for a couple of smaller, closed lists which are
> managed manually (by me). The email addresses of several subscribers are
> not linked to their name, so I need to store the names with the
> addresses. This is obivously possible, but not the standard scenario.
> 
> Apart from the addresses being stored in the file matching the
> subscribers' first names – are there any downsides to subscribing people
> like this?
> 
> /usr/local/bin/mlmmj-sub -f -L /var/spool/mlmmj/testing/ -a "John Doe <[email protected]>"
> 
> They won't be unsubscribing themselves, so a mismatch of the name and
> the header they are using when sending messages does not matter.
> 
> But will I cause any trouble for the listmaster (me!)?
> 

I just tried this.  It doesn't work, at least, it doesn't work for me.

/usr/bin/mlmmj-sub -f -L /var/spool/mlmmj/mlmmj-test -a "Ron Guerin 
<[email protected]>"

Results in an attempt to send a confirmation message to: 
[email protected]

- Ron