The message below piqued my interest in creating a sendmail alias on our
server that pipes to a script in order to create lists.  Can anyone tell me
where I can find information on possible security issues I should be aware
of in attempting this?  (I don't know if all systems are like this, but on
ours, such scripts are run by smrsh in a particular directory.)

TIA,
Kathy Montgomery
University at Albany

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 23:41:51 -0400, Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We also have a web site that our users use to create a list.  It asks a
>number of questions, some of which vary according to the answers to
>earlier questions.  It generates the list header, which is then emailed
>to us for approval.  ***If the list is appropriate, we forward it on to a
>special mailbox, which causes the list to be created in LISTSERV, the
>necessary sendmail aliases to be defined, and the necessary directories
>to be created.***  So it only takes a minute of our time.