Re: mailing lists- email subscribe and unsubscribe

Whoops,

I didn't see Eric's message.

--Eric

on 2/20/03 1:24 AM, Eric Pooch at eric@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> This is pretty easy to do in Post.Office considering it is not a standard
> feature.  Here are the steps:
> 
> 1)  Make an account for each list
> 
> 2) Then set up the alternate addresses to:
> 
>> list1-on@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-off@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 3) Set the accounts to use program delivery and point each to a script to do
> the work.  
> The script would parse the To: line of the email and send and appropriate
> message to to appropriate list. Perl would probably be the best language for
> this.
> 
> Tenon Support can make this for you if you don't want to.  Let our info
> department ( info@xxxxxxxxx) know if you want this done.
> 
> --Eric
> 
> 
> on 2/20/03 12:17 AM, Jim Sheffer at jimsheffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> thought I'd separate this into another topic :)
>> 
>> Right now we use the following scheme for our talk lists:
>> 
>> list1-on@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-off@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> list1-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> these addresses go through our main mail server(blueworld.com) and
>> forward onto the list server(lists.blueworld.com) The list server is
>> going to be moved to Post.Office first- we have 2 licences, and will
>> set up the regular mail server later)
>> 
>> I want to keep the same email address as we already use, listed above,
>> but after reading the docs on email commands, It looks like postoffice
>> will not recognize this.  Is there a way around this (In the footers of
>> each of our lists we have a list1-off@xxxxxxxxxxxxx address that all
>> they need to do is click on and hit send.)  I don't want to have to
>> explain to them how to add commands in the body of the email for basic
>> things like subscribe and unsubscribe.
>> 
>> If it cant be done, then I'll stop racking my brains and figure out
>> another convention for letting people easily subscribe/unsubscribe
>> (like tenon does with this list footer)- I just want to be sure :)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks again for all your help- this is a long night, and i appreciate
>> everyone here!
>> 
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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>> Jim Sheffer             Blue World Communications
>> Systems Administrator   phone 425.646.0288 ext. 213
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