I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear before, but this is my problem:

I created an "Announce-Only" list from the web interface for Site
Maintainers.  The resultant header for the list works fine.  The
Owner/Editor was able to post messages (with confirmation) to the list and
the messages were being disseminated correctly.

I then added the FILTER_ALSO control variable in the "go.user" file and the
Filter= keyword in the header file as shown below.  (These were added
because I didn't want people with addresses that end in "@hud.gov" to be
able to subscribe themselves.  I still want all others, though, to be able
to subscribe themselves as before.)

When I added the filters, the owner was not able to post any messages.
Specifically, when he posted the message he would get a confirmation
message as expected.  But then, when he replied to the confirmation
message, LISTSERV would kick the "ok" message out as an error and send it
to the Site Maintainer, which is me.  The error message that I received is
"mail origin seems to be a mailer".  This is the part that I don't
understand.  Why does LISTSERV kick this out as an error when I add the
filter, but it works fine when the filter is not there?

By the way, "owner1" is a made-up name that I used to protect the name of
the real list owner.  "owner1" is not actually in the header.  But thanks
for the info, it will help in the future.

TIA,
Danny





Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> on 11/01/99 07:28:10 PM

Please respond to LISTSERV give-and-take forum
      <[log in to unmask]>

To:   [log in to unmask]
cc:    (bcc: Daniel H. Chapin/IT/ADMIN/HUD)
Subject:  Re: Mail Origin Seems to be a Mailer Problem




On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:30:57 -0500, "Daniel H. Chapin"
<[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>     * Subscription= Open,Confirm

If you make this Subscription= Closed then nobody can subscribe themselves
from
any address.

>     * Send= Editor,Confirm

Send= Editor,Hold,Confirm
or
Send= Owner,Confirm

>     * Reply-To= Sender,Ignore
>     * Sender= None
>     * Errors-To= Owner
>     * Auto-Delete= Yes,Full-Auto,Probe(10)
>     * Notebook= Yes,/home1/archives/test-l,Monthly,Private
>     * Owner= [log in to unmask]

You can't use the name OwnerX@...   This is in LISTSERV's built-in filters
and
will only cause problems.  Postmaster@..., Adminstrator@... are alos not
usable.
I suggest something like listmgr@... which is not in the built-in filters.

>     * Editor= [log in to unmask]
>     * Filter= Also,Allow,[log in to unmask]

Remove these 2 lines.

>I've set up the go.user file (Unix-based system) to include the
FILTER_ALSO
>control variable as follows:
>
>     FILTER_ALSO="*@HUD.GOV"
>
>so that I can prevent HUD employees from posting and subscribing to all
>lists.

You don't need this.  See above for better subscription control method.