"Peter M. Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>This was posted to the listed Usenet group and could effect
>your Netnews gateways (right, Maureen? ;-))
 
Oh yes ... *bigtime* Pete. ;-) (You patient soul you ... :-) )
 
quoting Jim McIntosh ([log in to unmask]):
 
:What does this mean to you? If you had your list set so that posts from
:the gateway were reviewed by you in an attempt to stop spams, then the way
:you did this will have to change slightly. Configure the list so that it
:is an edited list, and then list the subscribers as editors. For example,
:if your list is FOOBAR-L and your address is [log in to unmask] then you
:would set the list to:
:
:* Send=     Editor,Hold
:* Editor=   [log in to unmask],(FOOBAR-L)
:
:Putting a list's name in parenthesis means "all the subscribers of the
:list", so the editor statement above means that all subscribers can post
:but that posts from non-subscribers (eg, those coming through the gateway)
:are passed to the first editor (you) for approval before they are
:distributed.
 
This worked just fine.
 
I wondered as I made the change whether usenetters might now receive
the 'your message has been sent to the moderator' notification.
Sure enough, they did.
 
So I hauled out Nathan's manual and went looking for anything about
the mailtpl. Also did a couple of archive searches in lstown-l. Very
helpful.
 
First, I issued a GET HWY61-L FILELIST PW=xxxxxx, and added a
file descriptor to the filelist:
*listowners files (not public)
 HWY61-L MAILTPL OWN OWN . . . . . HWY61-L mailtpls
 
Then, I put the filelist back by making the first line of the filelist:
PUT HWY61-L FILELIST PW=xxxxxx
 
Listserv sent me back a notice that the filelist had been successfully
replaced.
 
Then I issued a GET DEFAULT MAILTPL so that I could edit the default
mailtpl and PUT it back to the HWY61-L Filelist.
 
In the default mailtpl, I found the section that sends out the message
I wanted to suppress:
>>> POST_EDITOR
 
On the line below this description, I inserted:
.QQ
on it's own line, so that listserv would (hopefully) now stop sending
out its 'your message has been submitted to the moderator' messages.
 
I PUT the default mailtpl by making the first line of the default mailtpl:
PUT HWY61-L MAILTPL PW=xxxxxx
 
Got a message back from listserv saying that the HWY61-L MAILTPL had
been successfully PUT.
 
So now, I'm just waiting to hear from anyone on usenet that they *haven't*
rec'd the 'your message has been submitted to tho moderator" messsage.
 
What I don't understand is this: Although Listserv was sending me
all this good news about my various successes, ;-) I am unable to
see an entry for the HWY61-L MAILTPL when I do an INDEX HWY61-L, or
when I do a GET HWY61-L FILELIST PW=xxxxxx (CTL.
 
What's the deal? Anybody know? Listserv hardly ever congratulates me
unless it means it, y'know? ;-)
 
Thanks everybody.
 
Maureen :-)