Form to subscribe to Macjordomo discussion list:
http://leuca.med.cornell.edu/Pagine/Download.html (Note: don't use this page to download Macjordomo
- you'll get a very old version. Use the ftp link above
and get a recent alpha version.)
A slightly out of date but very nicely written book
covering many basics of internet communication and
explaining how Macs can be used as internet servers. The
entire book is available via the web: http://www.pism.com/
There is a chapter of the book specifically about running
a mailing list on the Mac and a section specifically about
Macjordomo. Again, slightly out of date, but the basics are
there and very nicely presented, with screen shots etc.
A: Retrospect works fine. Macjordomo can be running
during the backup, but if so the Retrospect "compare"
operation may fail for some files that change after the
backup but before the compare. But this is not a
problem.
Q: I'm nervous about running an alpha version of
Macjordomo, is it stable?
A: The alpha versions of Macjordomo are usually quite
stable and functional. If a new version has problems they
are usually caught within a few days and the version is
withdrawn from the site or a newer one is posted. If the
alpha version is at least a month or so old and there are
no newer versions on the ftp site, it's probably the best
choice to use.
Q: Can I use AppleScript with Macjordomo.
A: YES. Start your script editor, choose Open
Dictionary from the the File menu, and open your copy of
Macjordomo to see what you can do.
[NOTE: Keith Lamont has posted several very useful
looking scripts, it would be great to slap 'em all on a
special page somewhere.]
Q: What the heck is the "fuzzy logic" option?
A: From Michele Fuortes: "It tries to improve user
address recognition when commands or messages are sent.
E.g. mfuortes@hofdi.med.cornell.edu and
mfuortes@mail.med.cornell.edu will be recognized as the
same person."
Q: What can you do about mail loops caused by "vacation
mail" notices that respond to list messages, thereby
prompting more "vacation mail" notices, etc.?
A: Other than warn your subscribers not to use these
notices, not much. If you cannot monitor the list closely
to remove subscribers who sabotage the list in this way,
you may want to consider a long "serving interval" time
for your list to at least minimize the damage (although
this will also create a long delay in posting legitimate
messages).
Q: Can I add/delete/modify my subscribers via
email?
A: Sure, these are called "administrative commands."
The follow the formats:
approve <subscription or list POPpassword>
subscribe <listname> <useraddress>
<realname>
approve <subscription or list POPpassword>
unsubscribe <listname> <useraddress>
approve <subscription or list POPpassword>
set <listname> <useraddress> digest
approve <subscription or list POPpassword>
review <listname> [RealNames]
[Options]
[MORE NEED TO BE ADDED, MAYBE BETTER EXPLANATIONS
OR EXAMPLES]
Q: All the subscribers on my list have been marked
"inactive" and aren't getting their mail. What went
wrong?
A: Check the Macjordomo error log! Probably the mail
server you are using is refusing to relay mail from your
Macjordomo server. This often happens when "relay
restrictions" are set on mail server to prevent spam.
If you are using EIMS, here is more information from
Glenn Anderson: <<The Relay Restrictions is based
on the SMTP MAIL FROM and RCPT TO addresses. For a
message to be relayed when you have the Relay
Restrictions set to "Only relay for local domains and the
following domains" one of these addresses must be a local
domain or in the list of domains. In the case of
Macjordomo, the Problems To address is the SMTP MAIL FROM
address (the list members are the RCPT TO addresses), so
this must be in a domain that is either local to EIMS, or
in the list it will relay for.>>
Q: OK, I've fixed the problem that caused all my
subscribers to be marked inactive, but they are are still
marked inactive. How do I make them all active again without
doing it one at a time, by hand?
A: From Michele Fuortes: <<You can export the
users, create a new list and import the users again, BUT
you will loose also the other settings (digests etc.).
Alternatively you can send a HUGE admin message with all
the addresses and set to active. Again export the users,
then playing with a spreadsheet program you can copy and
past an admin command, copy to a mail client etc.. Maybe
try to split it in a few admin messages.>>
Q: I've got a list with all the settings just the way I
like them, and now I want to "clone" it so I can have a very
similar list without having to go through all the setup. How
can I do it?
A: From Michele Fourtes: <<if you know how to
use ResEdit create a new list and just fill in the list
name, then open the old and new list with ResEdit and
copy the following resources:
Llst
Lls2
Lls3 (if it's there)
STR
STR#
TEXT
then relaunch Macjordomo and change the list names
etc.>>
Q: How do I quickly delete all the subscribers from a
list?
A: Quit Macjordomo. Make a backup copy of the list
data file (found in the Macjordomo folder within the
Preferences folder) and store it elsewhere. Then use a
file editing utility like FEdit Plus or HexEdit
to completely delete the Data Fork of the file (don't
molest the Resource Fork).
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