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Michael Shannon <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:42:52 +1000
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>Good morning, all. I notice in the alphabetical keyword
>listing in the list wizard that when you use Send= Private
>along with the Editor keyword that a message sent to the list
>is "processed" iv the sender was subscribed and used the
>"Urgent" subject.

Actually, according to the LISTSERV 1.8e Site Maintainers Manual, the
Send= keyword needs to have Semi-Moderated in it for the 'Urgent:'
mechanism to work.  For example:

Send=Private,Semi-Moderated

-or-

Send=Editor,Semi-Moderated

In 14.3 there is even tighter controls on how the Send= keyword is
implemented.  See here for details
<http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/sitemgr/listkeyw.html#kSend>.

>Does this mean that the message went to the
>list, bypassing the editor.
>I had a user question yesterday concerned with a spam message
>that went to a list and my thinking was that it had to go to
>the moderator/editor first. Maybe not in this case?

If Semi-Moderated appears in Send= (as shown above) then, yes, an e-mail
with 'Urgent:' in the subject line will bypass moderation.  It clearly
states in Chapter 7.13.5 of the LISTSERV 1.8e Site Maintainers Manual
<http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/sitemgr/sitemgr.html#_Toc9062393> that
this is open to abuse and isn't generally recommended for use.


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Regards,
 Michael Shannon
 Senior Consultant, Asia Pacific Region           [log in to unmask]
 L-Soft international, Inc.                     http://www.lsoft.com

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