Quick reference for moderating majordomo list from pine:

When someone sends a message to a moderated list the owner of the list (often owner and moderator are the same) will receive a message as follows:

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:05 -0800 (PST)
From: owner-mailing-list@sfsu.edu
To: nobody@sfsu.edu
Subject: BOUNCE mailing-list@sfsu.edu: Approval required:


>From nobody@sfsu.edu Wed Mar 18 15:00:03 1998
Received: from apollo.sfsu.edu(nobody@apollo.sfsu.edu[130.212.10.167])
by diana.sfsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA09922
for mailing-list@diana.sfsu.edu;
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:03 -0800 (PST)
Received: from localhost (nobody@localhost)
by apollo.sfsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA29477
for mailing-list@sfsu.edu;
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:01 -0800 (PST)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:00 -0800 (PST)
From: nobody@sfsu.edu>
X-Sender: nobody@apollo
To: mailing-list@sfsu.edu
Subject: test
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.3.96.980318145941.29376A-100000@apollo
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

test to show bounce in pine

 

When you reply to the message in pine you use the forward command (hit the ‘f’ key) pine will then show the message similar to below:

To :

Cc :

Attchmnt:

Subject : BOUNCE mailing-list@sfsu.edu: Approval required: (fwd)

----- Message Text -----

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:05 -0800 (PST)
From: owner-mailing-list@sfsu.edu
To: nobody@sfsu.edu
Subject: BOUNCE mailing-list@sfsu.edu: Approval required:

>From nobody@sfsu.edu Wed Mar 18 15:00:03 1998
Received: from apollo.sfsu.edu (nobody@apollo.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.167])
by diana.sfsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA09922
.
. (rest of message snipped)
.

At this point you want to address the message to the mailing list itself. You do not need to change the subject. The very first line of the message should be the approved line (bolded in the example below) then you must edit the message up to the FIRST "Received: from…" line. The example below shows what the message should look like before you send it:

To : mailing-list@sfsu.edu

Cc :

Attchmnt:

Subject : BOUNCE mailing-list@sfsu.edu: Approval required: (fwd)

----- Message Text -----
approved: password

>From nobody@sfsu.edu Wed Mar 18 15:00:03 1998
Received: from apollo.sfsu.edu (nobody@apollo.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.167])
by diana.sfsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA09922
for <mailing-list@diana.sfsu.edu>; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:03 -0800 (PST)
Received: from localhost (nobody@localhost)
by apollo.sfsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA29477
for <mailing-list@sfsu.edu>; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:01 -0800 (PST)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:00:00 -0800 (PST).

If you as owner/moderator wish to send a message directly to the mailing list from yourself, simply make the first line of the message the "approved: password" and then place one line space between the password line and the first line of the message.

Last modified May 26, 1998 by Computing Services Help Desk, San Francisco State University

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