Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ3] Majordomo query

[Colin Hogben <colin.hogben@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"1st Web Internet Services" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am trying to update the config file, that the gui kindly builds for you to
> create new lists on a RAQ3.

[snip]

> however I am getting the following error returned to me...
> 
> --
> 
> newconfig webmasters <password>
> The new config file for webmasters was NOT accepted because:
> Can't find restrict_post file
> /usr/local/majordomo/www.isthmian.com/lists/webmasters.new at line 388

You need to patch the file /usr/local/majordomo/config_parse.pl to circumvent
this bug (see below).  Check the archives for my post of 23rd April with
subject "Re: [cobalt-users] Majordomo newconfig chokes on restrict_post" for
the full story.

*** config_parse.pl	Sun Apr 16 20:06:37 2000
--- config_parse_fix.pl	Sun Apr 23 17:20:50 2000
***************
*** 119,125 ****
  				      # to null if it is not a -digest list,
  				      # or the non-digest list if it is
  				      # a -digest list.
!         'restrict_post',       '#!"$list"',   # Like -I in resend
          'purge_received', 	'no', # Remove received lines
          'administrivia', 	'yes',# Enable administrivia checks
  	'resend_host', 		'',   # Change the host name
--- 119,125 ----
  				      # to null if it is not a -digest list,
  				      # or the non-digest list if it is
  				      # a -digest list.
!         'restrict_post',       '#!"$baselist"',   # Like -I in resend
          'purge_received', 	'no', # Remove received lines
          'administrivia', 	'yes',# Enable administrivia checks
  	'resend_host', 		'',   # Change the host name

-- 
Colin Hogben