Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:33:10 -0500
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At 12:31 11/17/2004 Wednesday, Ian Fairclough wrote:
>Dear LSTOWN-L readers,
>
>I recently became the editor of a LISTSERV list. All messages submitted are
>reviewed, because the list is for notification, not discussion, and we wish
>to avoid unwanted postings. So each time someone other than myself submits
>a posting, I get a message which says in part: "If you simply forward it
>[i.e. their message] back to the list, using a mail command that generates
>"Resent-" fields (ask your local user support or consult the documentation
>of your mail program if in doubt), it will be distributed and the
>explanations you are now reading will be removed automatically."
If you are just going to say YES or NO, then I recommend changing from:
SEND= EDITOR
to something like
SEND= EDITOR,HOLD,CONFIRM
This is far far easier and completely removes the need to depend upon
your mail programs ability to generate the RESENT business.
/Pete
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