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Revised LISTSERV forum <LSTSRV-L@DEARN> |
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"Mark R. Williamson" <MARK@RICE> |
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Tue, 26 Apr 88 10:58:03 CDT |
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Message of Mon, 25 Apr 88 11:47:13 GVA from <ERIC@CEARN> |
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Revised LISTSERV forum <LSTSRV-L@DEARN> |
>> I do believe that ListServ postmasters should be able to
>>make a global delete command, since we are the ones that get the
>>errors when a user doesn't exist.
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>What is a LISTSERV postmaster? LISTSERV@A does not know the postmasters
>of LISTSERV@B, nor should it have to.
No, but LISTSERV@B should know its own postmasters, and LISTSERV@A
could trust LISTSERV@B if it flags the request as coming from a valid
postmaster at B. Surely LISTSERV@A trusts LISTSERV@B for some flags
or commands now, or am I mistaken?
>> Maybe it could be changed so ListServ PostMasters could only
>>delete the users on their site, or maybe delete only the
>>users that don't exist.
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>LISTSERV postmasters can already delete users from their site. How can
>LISTSERV@A know that X@B exists or does not exist???
It can know if it can trust LISTSERV@B to tell it. Certainly LISTSERV@B
can tell at least if it could spool to user X (which may not be
conclusive, but might be a sufficient test if a test is necessary).
Obviously, none of this works if there is no LISTSERV@B, but then there
would be no LISTSERV postmaster at B.
> Eric
--Mark
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