On Thu, 26 May 1994, Russell Nelson wrote:
 
>
>    Many thanks. Can you tell me whether readers of this news
>    system are thereby enabled to post to my list?
>
> Probably not.  That's a problem with redistributing mail from a
> restricted-posting mailing list.  There are two solutions, both
> somewhat yuckky:
>
> 1) Cause the redistributees' mail to go back to the redistributor, who
> then rewrites the From: address to be the redistributor's address,
> changing the original From: into an SMTP comment.  That's probably
> appropriate for mailing lists that insert a Reply-To: field, because
> mail doesn't go back to the From: field anyway.
>
> 2) Cause the redistributees' mail to go back to the redistributor, who
> then automagically subscribes the redistributee to the original
> mailing list, setting them to nomail at the same time.  This loses
> when the mailing list doesn't have the concept of nomail.
 
Thanks. I have learned there is a good possibility of replies from
people who are not real subscribers to my list; also that the redistributed
mail in question is available now on a freenet. From there it could go on
ad infinitum (i.e. to the point where *I* find on another service).
Since, however, I receive notice of each new subscriber, I needn't
"close" my list but rather signoff those that don't appear to be
individuals.
 
 
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