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List:       majordomo-users
Subject:    Re: Restricting access to list
From:       Mats Dufberg <Mats.Dufberg () abc ! se>
Date:       1999-10-29 22:03:14
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On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Gerry Ginty wrote:

> We have a list containing 2000 student address and we would like to make
> this list read only by the students. To prevent "spamming" a few key
> university officals need to be able to "post" to the list as a means of
> broadcasting a message.
> 
> I attempted to place the names of these officials in a file calles
> student_list.restrict and use the restrict_post  =
> student_list.restrict. However, this did not work?

It does work. student_list.restrict has to be in the listdirectory, or you
have to give full path to the file.

And you have to use resend to make it work. Read about security and resend
in the FAQ.


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