[cobalt-users] RE: Mailing Lists on RaQ4 Cobalt Servers

[Gerald Braun <gbraun@xxxxxxx>]

>I have heard legends behind how majordomo normally works whee you can edit
>some kind of configuration file and have it so that when a user hit's the
>reply button, they automatically reply back to the list rather than the
>originator of the e-mail.
>
>What is happening is that I have set up a mailing list like so:
>
>list name: board_group
>
>I have it set up to:
>
>Allow user subscriptions to List
>Allow Unsubscribed Posting to List
>
>There are two e-mail addresses on the list.
>
>When I sent an e-mail to the list, I actually have to send it to
>board_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in order for it to get sent and distributed to
>the to e-mail addresses in the group (mine and another IT monkey's
>addresses). When my co-worker replies to my list sent email, it
>automatically pops up my e-mail address as the TO address instead of the
>list address. I KNOW we can just do REPLY ALL and get that address, but
>can't you set up a RaQ 4 e-mail list to behave like THIS great cobalt users
>list?
>
DISCLAIMER:  I don't have a RaQ 4.  The information below is based on my
Qube 2 but hopefully will help you.

Look for a file named listname.config, found in /usr/local/majordomo/lists
(on a Qube 2) where "listname" is the name of YOUR list.  Edit the reply_to
option so that reply_to = $LIST

However, I believe that when you make changes in the GUI to your list, this
will get overwritten by a script.  So you will have to modify the script
which creates this config file.  The script is named config_parse.pl and is
found in /usr/local/majordomo (on a Qube 2.)  Make sure the line that reads
'reply_to', is followed by '$LIST',

As I recall, my Qube 2 majordomo came configured to reply to the list and I
had to modify it to reply to sender.  So maybe your RaQ4 had been modified
previously.

Gerald Braun