Alongside with general parameters you can set up the maillist accessibility and define the name to be displayed in the "From" field.
- Select Mail menu > Maillists page and click on the name of the maillist you wish to configure.
- Move to the Configuration tab. The parameters provided are the following:
- Administrivia.With this option set to "On", all the mails sent to list will be checked for certain key words and word combinations in the subject field and the first 5 lines of the message. These key words are 'subscribe', 'unsubscribe', 'add me', delete me', 'help' and so on. If such words are found, this mail is forwarded directly to the list owner, in spite of the fact that it was originally sent to all the list members.
- Approve password. The password is to be used in the approved headers of messages bounced from maillists to allow posting to moderated lists, or to bypass resend checks. If you have moderated list, messages that get bounced from the list are forwarded to the list moderator for approval. To forward the original message to the list, add the line "Approved: approve password" to the very first line of the message body, and then the entire contents of the original message. There should not be a blank line before and after the "Approved:<password>" line. Send the message to the maillist address. The following is the example of an approved message.
To: <listname>@yourdomainname.com
Subject: doesn't matter
/-the start of the message body-/
Approved: <approval password>
/-the original message header-/
Received: by some.site.org....
Received: by another.site.org....
From: joe@another.com (Joe User)
Subject: this list is great!
To: <listname>t@yourdomainname.com
/-The original message text-/
Hey, this list is great!
Joe
- Get access – Using the "get" command a user can retrieve files stored on the list server and associated with the list (usually help files, archives, user profiles). It looks like
get <listname> <filename>. In the drop-down box, specify who is allowed to use the "get" command: open allows anyone access to this command and closed completely disables the command for everyone. List allows only list members access. - Index access – this command serves to show the entire file list available for retrieving with the "get" command:
index <listname>. In the drop-down box, specify who is allowed to use the "index" command: open allows anyone access to this command and closed completely disables the command for everyone. List allows only list members access. - Info access – the "info" command returns the general information on the particular list. This "info" section is filled in during Maillist creation. The example is
info <listname>. In the drop-down box, specify who is allowed to use the info" command: open allows anyone access to this command and closed completely disables the command for everyone. List allows only list members access. - Intro access – Using "intro" command displays the text of the message sent out to new maillist members with the introductory details on the mailing list. Usу
intro <listname>. In the drop-down box, specify who is allowed to use the "intro" command: open allows anyone access to this command and closed completely disables the command for everyone. List allows only list members access. - Maxlength – this option limits the number of characters per single message sent to a list. On the other hand this limit is the lower boundary for the digest to be sent to subscribers.
- Restrict post – Input either EVERYONE, SUBSCRIBERS or space-separated list of mail addresses. Empty line is treated as EVERYONE. Messages from all other senders are bounced to list moderators for approval or rejection.
- Sender – the address to be shown to the maillist subscribers in the "Sender" header.
- Subject Prefix – specifies text, which is prepended to the Subject: header of all messages sent through the list. Some of the following expansion tokens are supported, depending on Majordomo version: $LIST, $SENDER, $VERSION, where LIST is a mailing list name, SENDER stands for the sender mailbox address and VERSION is a current version of Majordomo.
- Taboo body – specify here words, word patterns or any other alpha-numeric combinations you consider abusive and don't want to be posted in a list. If a match is found in a message body, the mail is bounced for review.
- Taboo headers – this option has the same purpose as the previous one but is applied only to message headers.
- Which access – with the help of "which" command one can find out the lists he/she is subscribed to or the lists the specified address is subscribed to. Use
which <address>. In the drop-down box, specify who is allowed to use the "which" command: open allows anyone access to this command and closed completely disables the command for everyone. List allows only list members access. - Who access – You can tune the level of the maillist members accessibility. Open value allows anyone to see the Email addresses of the whole maillist. List means that only list members can see the other subscribers Email addresses of the list. Closed value denies any kind of access to the maillist.
- Click on the Edit button in the corresponding section. The window will switch to the edit mode.
- Enter or choose the new value and click Submit. The window switches do display mode. The changes you have made are reflected.