On Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:51:28 -0700, Barry Deutsch <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
 
>list should be posted ([log in to unmask]). I wish to change
>all occurences in the template file to [log in to unmask], which
>is the alias I want people to see).
 
 &LISTADDR  is the value that comes from the keyword  List-Address=
 
 &LISTNAME  seems to come from  List-ID= (if defined in your header) or
from the 'short' listname used internally by LISTSERV (at time of list
creation.)   (There appears to be a misprint in the Owners manual about
this.)
 
You cannot change the values for variables like &MYNAMES, &MYSELF, etc,
because they are global variables specific to the host running LISTSERV.
 
>I would rather use the variable approach
>than hard coding the alias for the posting address and the command address.
 
While this is a commendable goal, there seems to be only a partial way to
implement this in the case of [log in to unmask] vs. &MYNAMES.
 
You must set List-Address= Career-Doctor.com  in your header.  (Read the
owners manual about this TWICE!, it's confusing, but then look at the
first example.  Don't add Career-Mgmt to this!  Let LISTSERV do it.).
 
Then, in <listname>.mailtpl, wherever your have &MYNAMES or &MYSELF , you
will have to substitute LISTSERV@&KWD(list-address).  Wherever there is
&MYHOST you will have to substitute  &KWD(list-address).
 
Following is a discussion of a similar kind of alias setup from the list
archives:
 
"to make my list (THEOS-WORLD) appear to be accessible through
my domain name (theosophy.com), although the lists actually are on
home.ease.lsoft.com. My domain is on a WEB service provider. I have
access to POP mailboxes and email forwarding there. Can I make this
work if I do the following? :
 
on the WEB service provider:
 
    [log in to unmask]
        redirected to [log in to unmask]
 
    [log in to unmask]
        redirected to [log in to unmask]
 
    [log in to unmask]
        redirected to [log in to unmask]
 
in my default MAILTPL file I do the following global replacements on all
messages that have the following fields:
 [note he used the 'brute-force' method rather than using variables]
 
    replace &mynames
        with [log in to unmask]
 
    replace &myself
        with [log in to unmask]
 
    replace &myhost
        with theosophy.com
 
    replace &listaddr
        with [log in to unmask]
 
To which Eric Thomas said:
 
"You also need this [in your list header]
 
* List-Address= THEOSOPHY.COM
 
It should work fine.
 
  Eric
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Good luck!
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 Ben Parker ............ (Oak Park IL) .......... [log in to unmask]