Thu, 31 May 2001 11:56:09 -0400
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>Am a listowner for a non-moderated health professional LISTSERV run through
>NIH. Despite intermittent warnings, and now a banner "NOTICE" at the top
>of the each message asking subscribers to use FORWARD instead of REPLY if
>they wish to respond only to the sender, we still get inadvertent postings
>to the list. Naturally this all goes away if I decide to go with an
>editor(s), an option that I prefer not to utilize for various reasons.
>
>Here's the question. Is it possible to add a LISTSERV option that once
>someone tries to post a message, the server replies back only to the sender
>asking him or her if they really wish to post to the entire list? Only
>after they answer OK does it get posted. It seems to me the downside of
>delaying a few messages if someone is not present to confirm is greatly
>outweighed by ridding ourselves of this annoyance. My NEWSGROUP software
>utilizes this as a default setting, and it makes a lot of sense in this
>realm as well. Is it possible to creat this option?
I gather you currently have either Send= Private or Send= Public set
for the mailing list. Setting
Send= Private,Confirm
or
Send= Public,Confirm
will accomplish what you're asking for.
Thanks,
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Jacob Haller, Technical Support
L-Soft international, Inc
http://www.lsoft.com/
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