On Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:54:38 CDT, you said:
> 1. Can subscribers post a message with a gif/jpg file as an attachment?
 
This works properly on the Unix version.  It is Permanently Broken on the VM
version, due to restrictions in VM and CMS (the inability to deal with null
lines).
 
>    If yes, will reader need mime-compliant e-mail client to see it ?
Yes.  Personally, I use exmh 1.6.7 with a few additional patches. ;)
 
> 2. If listserv server has alias name (CNAME entries) and I can post my
>    message to that alias name. However when I read my query result back,
>    it shows "From: official name". How can I let listserv show the message
>    if "From: alias name". (I have NODE="alias name" in go.user)
 
This is a Sendmail "feature".  You can either:
 
1) In Sendmail 8.7, you can put an 'ODontExpandCnames' in the sendmail.cf
file. (Note that if you use m4 to generate your .cf file, you should also
fix your .mc file accordingly so you dont lose it the next time around).
 
2) Instead of using a CNAME, use an MX entry instead.  For instance, our
Listserv machine's "official" name is 'ipe.cc.vt.edu'.  We point an MX
entry as follows:
 
listserv.vt.edu.        14400   MX      0 ipe.cc.vt.edu.
 
and added a 'Cwlistserv.vt.edu' line to the sendmail.cf file.
 
Your mileage may vary...
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Engineer
                                Virginia Tech