On 2/1/2007 11:28, A. Omer Koker wrote: > Thanks for the various ways of doing this. > > Ive tried some of this (will try the others) but I almost always end up > having Listserv send back an email (backscatter) of some sort saying 'your > not authorized'. Given the level of junk mail I get plus the amount of > replies received to my backscatter creating loops just creates a lot of > useless work. > > However what im wondering a method exists to just delete any such messages > without a reply of any sort silently. > > (the /etc/alias script idea is good but still creates load on the machine. > If you add the junk mail im getting to those from other admins of other > lists im not sure it will be preferable? ) > The easiest way to deal with this problem might be to modify the list templates library to suppress the rejection (not authorized to post) message. The technique for suppressing list-related server-generated messages is described in the documentation and has been discussed on this list and/or the LSTOWN-L list on several occasions. -- Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator OIT Messaging Services Team University of Notre Dame [log in to unmask]