Subject: moderation

From: Shane Wegner <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:08:29 -0800 (PST)

Hi,

I am attempting to run a moderated mailing list using pine and have a
problem.  My mailing list software sends a perspective message to me and I
approve it by adding an Approved: header to it.  I do this with the custom
headers option.  However, the bounce (b) from the message reader command
doesn't let me add a header so it doesn't keep the user's from address
when I forward.  It there a clean way around this anywhere in pine?
Thanks in advance for your help.

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From: Yasholomew Yashinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 13:06:26 -0500 (EST)

> when I forward.  It there a clean way around this anywhere in pine?

Are you using Majordomo? if not, you should be, I run all my lists with
it, and it is quite configurable.

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 14:37:43 -0600 (EST)

I'll answer the question even though this thread is completely off-topic to
pine-info. Please, no replies on the list.

>From: Shane Wegner <[email-masked]>
>Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:08:29 -0800 (PST)

>when I forward.  It there a clean way around this anywhere in pine?

I assume this is Majordomo? This is a Majordomo FAQ. Your Majordomo
distribution has a file called "list-owner-info" in the doc directory with
clear instructions for performing this work manually. If you have permission
from your system administrator to run perl scripts and to invoke the Mail
Transport Agent (often sendmail), you can run the "approve" script. This is
also part of the Majordomo distribution.

To do this manually, forward the message to the list posting address. Cut out
everything at the top of the body before the ORIGINAL message's headers. Add an
Approved: [password] line before the message's original headers. Be sure there
are no intervening blank lines. Be sure to cut out your .sig file. Be sure to
cut extraneous matter pine adds at the end of forwarded messages (-------end of
forwarded message-------).

As a variation, export the bounced message to a file. Delete everything above
the original message's headers, add the Approved line, read the file into the
body of a message to be sent to the list posting address.

The method you describe, adding an Approved header, is to approve your own
messages sent to the list. You need not do this in the headers, though. You can
put an "Approved: [password]" in the first line of the body, followed by a
blank line, then the message text.

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From: "Ajaz M. Siraj" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:11:52 -0700 (MST)

> Thanks in advance for your help.

The best way to do this is to get hold of "approve" perl script from the
majordomo distribution site (assuming you are using majordomo). You should
then use the "pipe command" or "|" in pine to pipe the approved post to
this "approve" script. This script will automatically attach the required
Approved: password at the top of the file and send it back to the mailing
list for distribution.

You will require a .majordomo file in your home directory with the
following information:

  [email-masked]  your-passwd  [email-masked]

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Ajaz Siraj
Seagate Technology
Longmont, CO, USA