yann.forget@ynternet.org said:

Why is this message defered ? What that means ?

Pending posts: From: admin@my-dom.org on Fri Dec 1 02:50:02 2000 Cause: Message has implicit destination

The message does not have the list address in either the To: or Cc: headers. This is often a sign of spam or other stuff that should not be going to the list.

See the list "Privacy options" page, first item in the "Spam-specific posting filters", the help for which reads:-

require_explicit_destination (privacy): Must posts have list named in destination (to, cc) field (or be among the acceptable alias names, specified below)?

Many (in fact, most) spams do not explicitly name their myriad destinations in the explicit destination addresses - in fact, often the to field has a totally bogus address for obfuscation. The constraint applies only to the stuff in the address before the '@' sign, but still catches all such spams.

The cost is that the list will not accept unhindered any postings relayed from other addresses, unless

1. The relaying address has the same name, or
2. The relaying address name is included on the options that specifies acceptable aliases for the list.

also, your other posting:-

yann.forget@ynternet.org said:

real_name attribute not changed! It must differ from the list's name by case only.

You modified the list name (first item on the "General options" page.
The list name *cannot* be changed since it is used as the email aliasname etc. However you can tweak the way that they name is presented, so if you have a list called test-list you can change it here to Test-list Test-List TEST-LIST TeSt-LiSt etc but you cannot change it to another-list

...documentation:- real_name (general): The public name of this list (make case-changes only).

The capitalization of this name can be changed to make it presentable in polite company as a proper noun, or to make an acronym part all upper case, etc. However, the name will be advertised as the email address (e.g., in subscribe confirmation notices), so it should not be otherwise altered. (Email addresses are not case sensitive, but they are sensitive to almost everything else:-)

Nigel.

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