[Mailman-Users] acceptable_aliases Option

[alex wetmore]

On 3 May 2001, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> Hi there!  I've got some semi-private distribution lists on an MS
> Exchange server here at work, which I'd like to propogate off-site using
> mailman.  I can create a mailing list, and add it to the list of people
> on this distribution list very easily.  What I'd like to do is make sure
> that Joe User can't email this list and give people the impression that
> this is an official message from our organization.  Since mail is going
> "to" the exchange list, the mailman list isn't in recipients headers.
> This is great, because then I can block people from sending to the list
> unless they're really on our exchange server.  I can't seem to figure
> out what's expected in the "accepptable_aliases" option box.  Here's
> about what my test distribution lists "to" field looks like to mailman
> (some names changed to protect the innocent).
> IMCEAEX-_O=ORGNAME+20OTHERORGNAME_OU=OUNAME_CN=CONTAINERNAME_CN=Testing at cu-portland.edu

Give your alias a SMTP address on the Exchange server so that it
doesn't use an ecapsulated Legacy DN.  You can then put that normal
SMTP address into Mailman.

alex