On 10/12/2004 9:26 AM, Crovo, Bob wrote:

> I'm confused. I've helped a colleague set up a list with the following
> settings:
>
> SEND= private
> EDITOR= owneraddress, (listname)
> Default-options= Repro, nomime, subjecthdr, review
> Owner= Owneraddress (Owner name)
>
> She says it does what she wants: new members' posts are sent to her for
> review until she changes them to noreview status and regular members may
> post willy-nilly. It seems to me she should have:
> SEND= Editor
> EDITOR= owneraddress, (listname)
> Default-options= Repro, nomime, subjecthdr, review
> Owner= Owneraddress (Owner name)
>
> to have that effect. What she has seems to me would allow any member to
> post and people under review would have their posts sent to all members
> of the list because they are listed as editors.
>
> What am I missing?

Posting approval requests are sent to the first editor address, unless
there is a 'Moderator=' statement which modifies that behavior. You did
not include a 'Moderator=' statement above, so I assume that there is no
'Moderator=' statement in the list header.

Given the fact that the list is configured with 'Send= Private', the
',(listname)' portion of the 'Editor=' statement is completely superfluous.
It serves no useful purpose and has an obvious potential to create confusion
and misunderstanding. I would remove it.

If the list keyword statements in your message were copied and pasted from
the list header without editing, then I am surprised that the list is working
as intended. When you have multiple comma-separated operands on a keyword
statement, you *MUST NOT* have spaces after the commas. With the exception of
an optional space after the equal sign (=), a space in a keyword statement
denotes the end of the operand list. Trailing text is treated as a comment.
Each and every statement above has spaces where it should not have spaces.

--
Paul Russell
Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame