[olug] ezmlm program issue

[Christopher Cashell]

At Thu, 09 May 02, Unidentified Flying Banana OLUG Use, said:
> There is some issue with the ezmlm program managing
> the olug list since the change.  I had to register a
> yahoo account and use it in order to post this
> message.  I cannot do it from my regular email which I
> have used many times in the past.

I've also run into this problem trying to post, and I have a guess at
what it might be.

I'm thinking it's occuring because ezmlm is likely set up to only allow
postings from subscribed addresses.  This can be a good thing, but if
you use some kind of alias for your subscription, or if your subscribed
and posting address don't match for any other reason, then ezmlm will
reject your messages.

In general, I believe it to be a better set up to have non-subscriber
posts passed into moderation, instead of simply bounced.

Additionally, ezmlm does support an "allow" listing, which is simply a
list of addresses which aren't subscribed, but from which posting is
alloed.

> I've contacted Brian but so far, no resolve.
> 
> I continue to receive OLUG posts at my regular email
> address, however, Brian's system seems to think the
> address is invalid for the purpose of posting.  Yet,
> at the address I continue to receive everyone else's
> posts.  I'm baffled!

I'd be more than happy to help out resolving this, as I have quite a bit
of experience with QMail and ezmlm (I'm the postmaster for a reasonably
small IRC network, SorceryNet, and we use QMail/ezmlm to manage our
@sorcery.net e-mail aliases and our few dozen mailing lists;  I also use
it on my personal systems).

> Has anyone else had any problems?

As mentioned, I've also run into this.  I sent one e-mail with a
question about it, but I never recieved a response.

> -DW

--
Christopher


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