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The Revised LISTSERV Distribution List <LSTSRV-L@DEARN> |
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"Geert K. Marien" <GKM$FAID@QUEENS> |
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Fri, 27 Nov 87 20:16:54 EST |
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The Revised LISTSERV Distribution List <LSTSRV-L@DEARN> |
If a mod were made to LISTSERV to support 8 char userids with -REQUEST on
the end, then the -Request problem could be solved.
On a VM system, an item sent to LISTNAME or to LISTNAME-REQUEST would fall
into the same RDR, namely LISTNAME's. This means that if LISTSERV could
verify that the mail is being sent to LISTNAME, and not to LISTNAME-REQUEST,
then a mechanism would exist for all incoming files (Xwell MAILER can handle
a 'SPECIAL' case route for the -REQUEST id already).
The trick is to verify this by the complete userid being sent to in the To:
field (or Resent-To:, cc:, and so on ...) by scanning to the left of the
first delimiter, such as @ or %.
This only works for 8 char userids because anything less would give a RDR
address that is not the same, as in MAIL-L and MAIL-L-REQUEST, requiring
that another userid, in this example MAIL-L-R, be established. If the
list rule of -L were added, the significant list name part would be reduced
still further to 6 characters.
Comments?
/Geert
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