Hi Eric,

Probably you have your reasons, but it is more usual to
have the Listserv software owner be "listserv", and then
the lists would be named according to the subject under
discussion, with the first list on a new server often
being called something like "testlist"....

I think there may be something you have to set in go.user
to call your software owner something other than "listserv".
And then there's the question of how your aliases file is
set up for sendmail.

You might possibly get more help on the lstsrv-l list
which is for site admins.  As a site admin I read both, and
I think a lot of others do too.  But some folks here are
not site admins and may not be into things like mail alias
files or the go.user file.

Margaret King
Michigan State University

Eric Luo wrote:
> Hi Nargaret,
>
> It is a new server. The Listserv software owner is "external-listserv". I am
> the site admin.
>
> What I did:
>
> Install Solaris 9 and patch;
> Install Apache;
> Install sendmail 8.13.1;
> Install Listserv 1.8e;
> Create a new mailing list;
> Subscribe users--- then I got the problem.
>
> Actually, I can add users from GUI by root. But users can't subscribe to the
> listserv, even can't send commands "help" and "info".
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Margaret King [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 1:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [LSTOWN-L] Rejected posting to LISTSERV
>
>
> Wait a minute....  You have a list named "listserv"?  And to
> write to the software itself, you write to "external-listserv"?
> Are there other lists on this same server that work correctly,
> or is this a new server that is just being set up?  Are you the
> site admin?
>
> Margaret King
> Michigan State University
>
> Eric Luo wrote:
>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: info
>>content:
>>info
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: L-Soft list server at Hummingbird Ltd. (1.8e)
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:20 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Rejected posting to [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>Your  message is  being returned  to you  unprocessed because  it looks
>>like a
>>LISTSERV command, rather than material intended for distribution to the
>>members
>>of the LISTSERV list. Please note that LISTSERV commands must ALWAYS be
>
> sent
>
>>to
>>the LISTSERV address; if it was indeed  a command you were attempting to
>>issue,
>>please  send   it  again  to   [log in to unmask]  for
>>execution.  Otherwise, please  accept  our  apologies and  try  to rewrite
>>the
>>message with a slightly different wording - for instance, change the first
>>word
>>of the message, enclose  it in quotation marks, insert a line  of dashes
>
> at
>
>>the
>>beginning of your message, etc.
>>
>>
>
>
>