RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ3 Disabling Mail Lists?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Is it possible to hack around on a few scripts and disable the built-in
> mailing list feature in the siteadmin GUI's of the RaQ3's? I've
> always hated
> offering that service, and especially not with cheap accounts...
> Majordomo
> is such a drain on a system when you get a few dozen sites (mod
> volume) and
> they all think they have to have a mailing list, which turns into mostly
> SPAM (which I HATE)... I'd just like to disable the whole
> thing/option and
> return just a blank page or with a little wording "service not
> offered" (or
> something like that) when someone clicks on the mailling list option in
> their siteadmin GUI. I've tweaked many of these internal scripts
> previously
> to customize the GUI's (which was hosed in the OS4 update :-p) -
> so I know
> it's prob possible, but I don't have a hint regarding where to start and
> what's involved.
>
> Does anyone know of a master file that will simply disable majordomo/mail
> lists from use on a RaQ3?
>
IMO, the easiest thing might be to edit the template so that part of the
siteadmin page doesn't exist. If they don't see that ability, they can't use
it.
IIRC, it's in the /usr/admserv/html/.cobalt directory.
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Dan Kriwitsky