Eric Thomas <ERIC@LEPICS>
Sun, 27 Aug 89 21:59:12 GMT
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I have implemented the following changes in the handling of 'Send= Editor'
lists in release 1.6b:
1. Mail requiring editor's approval is sent via BSMTP as a single message,
with original unchanged headers, and with a blurb inserted on top of the
message body. REPLYing to that message allows the editor to ask more info
from the sender, FORWARDing it back to the list is the new official way of
"approving" the message for distribution, and the editor can of course
still manually edit it into a digest or whatever.
2. The aforesaid blurb is automatically deleted is found in the body of a note
sent to a moderated list. This deletion is done in such a way that, if the
editor added some comments before forwarding the message (a la Rice MAIL),
they will not be lost. That is, LISTSERV will not delete all the text from
the top of the message but only what it has identified as being the blurb
it inserted.
3. If 'Resent-' tags are found in a message sent to a moderated list and
coming from an editor, an 'Approved-By:' tag pointing to the sender's
address is generated but the generated 'From:' tag will point to the person
listed in the original 'From:' tag, rather than 'Resent-From:', ie to the
person who submitted the message rather than to the editor. Editors who
make digests have no reason to forward their digests rather than mailing
them directly, so they shouldn't be affected.
4. In the above case, the person who had originally submitted a message will
get a copy of the forwarded message regardless of the setting of his REPRO
option, as the editor might have added a comment or removed a paragraph or
whatever. The editor will also get a copy, since the acknowledgements are
sent to the original submitter and this is the only way he can check the
note was sent; it will also look different from what he has mailed out.
There is still time to change this if some people are not happy with it.
Eric
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