Re: [cobalt-users] How limited is the Majordomo config fix?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alfredo wrote:
> 
> As we know, the Raq majordomo doesn't let you email a revised config
> to a list -- emails back a "can't find .newlist" error (or something
> like that). I've been changing it through Telnet with vi because I've
> just been reluctant to do the recommended fix in the archives: go to
> config-parse.pl and change the line
> 
> 'restrict_post',       '#!"$list"',   # Like -I in resend
> 
> to
> 
> 'restrict_post',       '#!"$baselist"',   # Like -I in resend
> 
> I'm assuming that this change only affects restrict_post but am I
> right? Would it affect any of the other majordomo services involving
> the GUI or any of the other configurations. I'm just confused as to
> why it needs baselist for this one function but can find "list" on
> all the others and am worried that, if I change it to baselist in
> restrict_post, it's gonna look for baselist whenever it needs the
> "list" file for all the rest of its functions. Sounds crazy but crazy
> things do sometimes happen on this machine.
> 
> In short, is it safe?

I wish I knew.

Safest, of course, is to add your own majordomo, and use it <smile>. 
This has been discussed onlist several times, and we now offer it as a
service for anyone who's not willing to do it him/her/self.

Jeff
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