I wonder if anyone remembers this legendary reference...

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The configuration file for a majordomo mailing list.

Comments start with the first # on a line, and continue to the end

of the line. There is no way to escape the # character. The file

uses either a key = value for simple (i.e. a single) values, or uses

a here document

key << END

value 1

value 2

( more values 1 per line)

END

for installing multiple values in array types. Note that the here

document delimiter (END in the example above) must be the same at the end

of the list of entries as it is after the << characters.

Within a here document, the # sign is NOT a comment character.

A blank line is allowed only as the last line in the here document.

The values can have multiple forms:

absolute_dir -- A root anchored (i.e begins with a /) directory

absolute_file -- A root anchored (i.e begins with a /) file

bool -- choose from: yes, no, y, n

enum -- One of a list of possible values

integer -- an integer (string made up of the digits 0-9,

no decimal point)

float -- a floating point number with decimal point.

regexp -- A perl style regular expression with

leading and trailing /'s.

restrict_post -- a series of space or : separated file names in which

to look up the senders address

(restrict-post should go away to be replaced by an

array of files)

string -- any text up until a n stripped of

leading and trailing whitespace

word -- any text with no embedded whitespace

A blank value is also accepted, and will undefine the corresponding keyword.

The character Control-A may not be used in the file.

A trailing _array on any of the above types means that that keyword

will allow more than one value.

Within a here document for a string_array, the '-' sign takes on a special

significance.

To ***** a blank line in the here document, put a '-' as the first

and ONLY character on the line.

To preserve whitespace at the beginning of a line, put a - on the

line before the whitespace to be preserved

To put a literal '-' at the beginning of a line, double it.

The default if the keyword is not supplied is given in ()'s while the

type of value is given in (), the subsystem the keyword is used in is

listed in <>'s. (undef) as default value means that the keyword is not

defined or used.

admin_passwd (word) (delta_v.admin) <majordomo>

(Default is specified in the file <listname>.passwd) The password

for handling administrative tasks on the list.

admin_passwd =

administrivia (bool) (yes) <resend>

Look for administrative requests (e.g. subscribe/unsubscribe) and

forward them to the list maintainer instead of the list.

administrivia = yes

advertise (regexp_array) (undef) <majordomo>

If the requestor email address matches one of these regexps, then

the list will be listed in the output of a lists command. Failure to

match any regexp excludes the list from the output. The regexps

under noadvertise overide these regexps.

advertise << END

END

approve_passwd (word) (delta_v.pass) <resend>

Password to be used in the approved header to allow posting to

moderated list, or to bypass resend checks.

approve_passwd = delta_v.pass

archive_dir (absolute_dir) (undef) <majordomo>

The directory where the mailing list archive is kept. This item does

not currently work. Leave it blank.

archive_dir =

comments (string_array) (undef) <config>

Comment string that will be retained across config file rewrites.

comments << END

END

date_info (bool) (yes) <majordomo>

Put the last updated date for the info file at the top of the info

file rather than having it appended with an info command. This is

useful if the file is being looked at by some means other than

majordomo (e.g. finger).

date_info = yes

debug (bool) (no) <resend>

Don't actually forward message, just go though the motions.

debug = no

description (string) (undef) <majordomo>

Used as description for mailing list when replying to the lists

command. There is no quoting mechanism, and there is only room for

50 or so characters.

description = Escape Velocity world builder mailing list (open)

digest_archive (absolute_dir) (undef) <digest>

The directory where the digest archive is kept. This item does not

currently work. Leave it blank.

digest_archive =

digest_issue (integer) (1) <digest>

The issue number of the next issue

digest_issue = 1

digest_name (string) (delta_v) <digest>

The subject line for the digest. This string has the volume and

issue appended to it.

digest_name = delta_v

digest_rm_footer (word) (undef) <digest>

The value is the name of the list that applies the header and

footers to the messages that are received by digest. This allows the

list supplied headers and footers to be stripped before the messages

are included in the digest. This keyword is currently non operative.

digest_rm_footer =

digest_rm_fronter (word) (undef) <digest>

Works just like digest_rm_footer, except it removes the front

material. Just like digest_rm_footer, it is also non-operative.

digest_rm_fronter =

digest_volume (integer) (1) <digest>

The current volume number

digest_volume = 1

digest_work_dir (absolute_dir) (undef) <digest>

The directory used as scratch space for digest. Don't change this

unless you know what you are doing

digest_work_dir =

maxlength (integer) (40000) <resend,digest>

The maximum size of an unapproved message in characters. When used

with digest, a new digest will be automatically generated if the

size of the digest exceeds this number of characters.

maxlength = 40000

message_footer (string_array) (undef) <resend,digest>

Text to be appended at the end of all messages posted to the list.

The text is expanded before being used. The following expansion

tokens are defined: $LIST - the name of the current list, $SENDER -

the sender as taken from the from line, $VERSION, the version of

majordomo. If used in a digest, no expansion tokens are provided

message_footer << END
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
For help using this list (to unsubscribe, for instance), send eMail to:
majordomo@AmbrosiaSW.com with the word "help" (without the quotes) in the
message body (anything can go in the Subject field; it is ignored).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

END

message_fronter (string_array) (undef) <resend,digest>

Text to be prepended to the beginning of all messages posted to the

list. The text is expanded before being used. The following

expansion tokens are defined: $LIST - the name of the current list,

$SENDER - the sender as taken from the from line, $VERSION, the

version of majordomo. If used in a digest, only the expansion token

SUBJECTS is available, and it expands to the list of message

subjects in the digest

message_fronter << END
This message sent by $SENDER to the list $LIST
--

END

message_headers (string_array) (undef) <resend,digest>

These headers will be appended to the headers of the posted message.

The text is expanded before being used. The following expansion

tokens are defined: $LIST - the name of the current list, $SENDER -

the sender as taken from the from line, $VERSION, the version of

majordomo.

message_headers << END

END

moderate (bool) (no) <resend>

If yes, all postings to the list must be approved by the moderator.

moderate = no

mungedomain (bool) (no) <majordomo>

If set to yes, a different method is used to determine a matching

address. When set to yes, addresses of the form user@dom.ain.com

are considered equivalent to addresses of the form user@ain.com.

This allows a user to subscribe to a list using the domain address

rather than the address assigned to a particular machine in the

domain. This keyword affects the interpretation of addresses for

subscribe, unsubscribe, and all private options.

mungedomain = yes

noadvertise (regexp_array) (undef) <majordomo>

If the requestor name matches one of these regexps, then the list

will not be listed in the output of a lists command. Noadvertise

overrides advertise.

noadvertise << END

END

precedence (word) (bulk) <resend,digest>

Put a precedence header with value <value> into the outgoing

message.

precedence = bulk

private_get (bool) (yes) <majordomo>

If set to yes, then the requestor must be on the mailing list in

order to get files.

private_get = no

private_index (bool) (no) <majordomo>

If set to yes, then the requestor must be on the mailing list in

order to get a file index.

private_index = no

private_info (bool) (no) <majordomo>

If set to yes, then the requestor must be on the mailing list to use

the info <list> command.

private_info = no

private_which (bool) (no) <majordomo>

If set to yes, then the requestor must be on the mailing list in

order to get which info from that list.

private_which = no

private_who (bool) (no) <majordomo>

If set to yes, then the requestor must be on mailing the list in

order to use the who command.

private_who = yes

purge_received (bool) (no) <resend>

Remove all received lines before resending the message.

purge_received = yes

reply_to (word) () <resend,digest>

Put a reply-to header with value <value> into the outgoing message.

If the token $SENDER is used, then the address of the sender is used

as the value of the reply-to header. This is the value of the reply-

to header for digest lists.

reply_to = $SENDER

resend_host (word) (undef) <resend>

The host name that is appended to all address strings specified for

resend.

resend_host =

restrict_post (restrict_post) (undef) <resend>

If defined only address listed in one of the files (colon or space

separated) can post to the mailing list. This is less useful than it

seems it should be since there is no way to create these files if

you do not have access to the machine running resend. This mechanism

will be replaced in a future version of majordomo/resend.

restrict_post = delta_v

sender (word) (owner-delta_v) <majordomo,resend,d

The envelope and sender address for the resent mail. This string has

"@" and the value of resend_host appended to it to make a complete

address. For majordomo, it provides the sender address for the

welcome mail message generated as part of the subscribe command.

sender = owner-delta_v

strip (bool) (yes) <majordomo>

When adding address to the list, strip off all comments etc, and put

just the raw address in the list file. In addition to the keyword,

if the file <listname>.strip exists, it is the same as specifying a

yes value. That yes value is overridden by the value of this

keyword.

strip = yes

subject_prefix (word) (undef) <resend>

This word will be prefixed to the subject line, if it is not already

in the subject. The text is expanded before being used. The

following expansion tokens are defined: $LIST - the name of the

current list, $SENDER - the sender as taken from the from line,

$VERSION, the version of majordomo.

subject_prefix = delta_v:

subscribe_policy (enum) (open) <majordomo> /open;closed;auto/

One of 3 possible values: open, closed, auto. Open allows people to

subscribe themselves to the list. Auto allows anybody to subscribe

anybody to the list without maintainer approval. The existence of

the file <listname>.auto is the same as specifying the value auto.

Closed requires maintainer approval for all subscribe requests to

the list. In addition to the keyword, if the file <listname>.closed

exists, it is the same as specifying the value closed. The value of

this keyword overrides the value supplied by any existent files.

subscribe_policy = open

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Andrew Welch / el Presidente / Ambrosia Software, Inc.
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/~andrew/")http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/~andrew/(/url)

By the way, for the heck of it, I decided to revive the delta_v mailing list. If you wish to subscribe to it, go here:

(url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delta_v")http://www.ambrosias...istinfo/delta_v(/url)

Here's a description of the list, for those of you who weren't around when it was in existence:

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The purpose of this list is facilitate the creation of new worlds, missions, ships, weapons, etc. for Escape Velocity. It is NOT a list to talk about the game itself; we suggest you use the Ambrosia web boards for that.

To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/pipermail/delta_v/")delta_v Archives(/url).

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Andrew Welch / el Presidente / Ambrosia Software, Inc.
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/~andrew/")http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/~andrew/(/url)

Interesting...

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Yeh, but didnt the original delta_v mailing list collapse under the weight of spam?

Anyway, heh.

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okay. cool

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"I came, I saw, I conqeured."
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Quote

Originally posted by blackhole:
**Yeh, but didnt the original delta_v mailing list collapse under the weight of spam?

Anyway, heh.

**

yep -- but the new mailing list software gives us much more flexibility to hopefully prevent that.

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Andrew Welch / el Presidente / Ambrosia Software, Inc.
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/~andrew/")http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/~andrew/(/url)

PlanetPhil: Hey, Welch! Quit digging around in the archives and get back to work!

Andrew: Make me!

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PlanetPhil
burn it clean

Quote

Originally posted by PlanetPhil:
**PlanetPhil: Hey, Welch! Quit digging around in the archives and get back to work!

Andrew: Make me!

**

Heh

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