Re: [cobalt-users] Majordomo

["Roy A. Urick" <rurick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did that for my customer notification list. change that particular list's
config (listname.config) restrict post setting to the email address of the
account you use to send email to the list.  I beleive "list_owner" works as
well, but I just used my email since I knew it would work... and sure
enough, it does :).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Majordomo


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Jacobs [mailto:andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:25 AM
> To: Cobalt-Users
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Majordomo
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Possible scenario:
>
> Distribution list set up for customer and a competitor subscribes.  The
> customer sends out special offers and the competitor knocks off 10% and
then
> sends and e-mail back to the list.
>
> Is there any way to stop this, maybe by making it so that only the owner
can
> post or something.  I tried BCCing but that doesn't help as you can see
the
> address for the list in the headers.
> ------------------------------
> If the list is a "distribution list" why is it set up so _any_ subscriber
> can
> post to it?
>
> How would making the list "post-only-by_owner" (done with the
restrict_post
> config item) prevent a competitor who subscribed to the list from
receiving
> the posters offer and knocking 10% off?  All you could do is prevent the
> competitor from using the list to distribute his competing  offer. What if
> the competiror gets a hotmail account and calls himself friend_of_list or
> what
> ever and then subscribes so he can get the offers?  You can never know for
> sure who your subscribers are. If the competitor can figure out the
> list_outgoing
> alias for the list he can still send his offer to all those who receive
the
> list
> without it appearing to come from the list. If the who command is open  or
> list he
> can find out who all the subscribers are and simply generate his own
mailing
> list.
> You need to clearly and completely alalyze and define the problem before
you
> can hope
> to devise a robust solution. The best solution _may_ not be a technical
> solution at all, simply ban competitors from subscribing to the list by
> specifing only non-competitors
> can subscribe in the info/intro files and when he does this kind of thing,
> file suit
> based on breach-of-contract, breach-of-promise,unfair competition or
> wire-fraud, etc.
> BTW, I'm neither a lawyer nor an attorney. (;-D)
>
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