>We have many lists that are Confidential=Service and Service=Local.
>These lists are used for our internal business needs.  I would like for
>users on our network to be able to access the archives of these lists
>without having to get a password.  It would greatly reduce the number
>of people who need to go through the somewhat unfriendly process of
>obtaining a password.  What's needed is a way for the web interface to
>map the IP address of the browser to the LISTSERV service areas.  This
>seems doable with a configuration file that maps IP address ranges to
>domain names.

        Perhaps you should put the confidential archives on an 'Intranet'
machine behind your firewall, or set access restrictions in your web
server. You might maintain a private (internal-only) page with the
supplementary links for confidential=service lists.

>Another consideration is that it's not desirable for web interface
>users who are not in the Local service area to even see the names of
>lists that are Confidential=Service and Service=Local.  I think that
>much of the mechanism needed to do this already exists in 1.8d.


                                                Chrtis Pepper

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