Re: [cobalt-users] Majordomo

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:58 PM 1/5/00  Michael Winkels wrote:
> I have several questions regarding majordomo on my raq2
>
> I have enjoyed Managing Mailing Lists by Alan Schwartz (O'Reilly), but I
> still have these unanswered questions.
>
> 1.  Why are there no listname.info and listname.passwd files in
> /usr/local/majordomo/lists.  I thought they were required (at least
> according to Schwartz).

No, they're not required.  Passwords can be easily handled in the 
listname.config files.  The main purpose of the listname.passwd file is as 
a link to your own file containing a master password.  That way you, as 
majordomo owner, don't need to know each list's password, since it creates 
a master password.

listname.info is only created if you create it.  By default, the lists the 
cobalt RaQs set up do not have an info file.

> 2.  When I name a mailing list, e.g. exchange, I find that majordomo sets up
> the list and names it exchange_site3.  Is there anyway to get rid of _site3?

Don't use the RaQs tools to set up majordomo.  We've set up a completely 
separate copy of majordomo for our own use, keeping it in 
"/usr/local/anotherdirectorypath/majordomo"

> 3.  How can I tell who is the owner of the list? I don't see anywhere in
> either the GUI or in the listname.config file to find out or to change it.

Should be in your "/etc/aliases.majordomo" file.  The bad news is that 
majordomo, while well used, is still essentially a hack.  Lots of majordomo 
configuration is in the alias file.

Jeff
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