Re: cant say list on the list

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Note: can't use "list" or any other command word AS THE FIRST WORD in the subject or body of a message.

Singing up on the website where mail is read DOES NOT sign you up to the list itself, only for website access. You still have to sign up to the list from the main list page or send an e-mail to "subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx" (no subject or body text needed). 

The list on the web IS NOT run by "the list", it's a free service offered by the site owner, Jim Stone. WixieList is commercial software written by Jim and used by a couple businesses as I understand it. All the WixieList software does is pass commands on to the list server, which handles them just like any other request directly from e-mail. It does no processing or checking. I'm not sure if Jim is still working on that package or not. 

If this becomes more of a problem I'll have to "lock down" the list so that no leave or join requests are processed without verification first. This means it will take up to three days before someone joins and starts receiving mail. How fast depends on how often the Admin (me) and assistants check the admin mail area. If there are continued complaints I'll do just that. 


On November 29, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > Your posting to the list failed because the first word of the
> > Subject you entered was a reserved word.
> >
> 
> 
> EEARGH!!!!
> 
> >
> > The text of the message follows:
> >
> >
> > From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: November 29, 2005 4:25:46 PM PST
> > To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: list blather
> >
> >
> > I haven't received mail from the list in days. I went to
> > amxfiles.com and clicked the list page, saw SIGN UP!, clicked;
> > entered password. Said I could post now. Still no mail. So I found
> > another URL with yet another form (the older one) and "signed up"
> > again. Not sure what is going on.
> >
> > I don't mean to complain, or bite that hand that freely feeds, but
> > why is the AMC list using home-made software at this point? Mailman
> > does an excellent job of all this; the one thing it won't let you
> > do is post from the web page, but that could be coded with the
> > usual cgi trickery. Mailman has also 100% eliminated the sign--a-
> > victim problem, and the un-subscribe-people-you-dont-like problem.
> >
> >
> >


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