[Mailman-Users] "aliases" for subscriber addresses?

[David Smead]

Eric,

Aren't you asking mailman to fix a problem that is in the clients network?

Why not get their sys admin to fix the problem with how people address
look on the outside?

Sincerely,

David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com.
http://www.ampletech.com.

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Eric D. Christensen wrote:

> Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I don't think so.
> 
> I have a few subscribers on who have bizarre email systems (mostly Exchange
> and some Mac based systems) that generate a mangled (but valid) From:
> address on their postings (i.e. john.smith at mail1.stupid.exchange.com).
> However John has no clue what his email address looks like on the outside.
> He thinks he's john at exchange.com. Short of trying to educate users to
> subscribe with the address that their mail system identifies them as (which
> they often don't know), is there a way to "alias" addresses within mailman
> so I don't get clobbered with "Post by non-member to a members-only list"
> admin requests every time they post?
> 
> If it was one or two I could deal with it, but it's like 10% of my 400
> subscribers.
> 
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> Eric D. Christensen
> ProAdmin, Inc.
> Serious System Administration
> (408)776-3410
> 
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