ezMLM - Completely restricting posts

[Gerrit]

Hi!

I'd like to install a new mailing list that is completely restricting posts via email for security reasons (I don't want anyone to post with my mail-address. This kind of security isn't any kind of security at all!).

I found this information at ezmlm.org:

http://www.ezmlm.org/faq-0.40/FAQ-8.html#ss8.8

... but I don't know how to write a "shell script" (I hope it'll be webbased?!) that is "piping a (complete) message to ezmlm-send(1)". (The link provided to this "ezmlm-send(1)"-issue is dead. :-/ )

Has anyone written a script for postings and/or has any practice with this problem?

Smile!
Gerrit

[Gerrit]

Yes! Of course! I'd like to use the standard ezMLM-feature provided via CNC.

Smile!
Gerrit

[Gerrit]

If I would *change* the first line of the "editor"-script from:

|egrep "^From:.*?Newsletter@Gartentechnik.de" || (echo "This is an outgoing list only"; exit 100)

to:

|egrep "^From:.*?somethingunknown@somthing.unknown" || (echo "This is an outgoing list only"; exit 100)

or *delete* the whole editor-file

... would this cause any problems to ezMLM? And could I still send mailings to the list via the form provided at CNC?

Smile!
Gerrit

[Bob]

Hi Gerrit,

I don't know the answers to your specific questions, as Bruce is the resident Email Guru. But what I do on my mailing lists is change the "List Owner" address to something totally broken like "Bob@never.never.tld"

Then when I need to send a mailing I simply change the "List Owner" address to the one I will be using for that list and then send the mailing. You don't even need to change it back to a valid email address if you use the CNC "send message" function.

Don't forget that the Docs you are viewing for ezMLM apply to ezMLM-idx as well and not all of the functions listed will work at FutureQuest as we are still using Ole' Fashioned plain ezMLM.

I hope this helps some :rolleyes:

Have a good one,
Bob

- Give me Liberty or Give me Death! Just don't take away my Email:P-

[Gerrit]

Bob: +++ But what I do on my mailing lists is change the "List Owner" address to something totally broken like "Bob@never.never.tld" ... You don't even need to change it back to a valid email address if you use the CNC "send message" function. +++

Sounds good. But *where* do you change your address? in the "editor"- or in the "owner"-file?

I mean: where does ezMLM take the address for the "From:"-field if you send a message via CNC? editor/owner?

Smile!
Gerrit

[Bob]

Hi Again,

I simply use the CNC Mailing List Manager and edit the "MailList properties"

If I don't have to go into a specific script that I am not 100% sure that I know what I am doing I always try to take the EZ way out :/

Hope this helps,
Bob

-Reading the ezMLM docs make my head spin :sillylol: -

[Gerrit]

Hi Bob!


I do understand what you mean now. And it works! But you have to change the address every time because if you send via CNC ezMLM will transmit the xxxxx@xxxx.xxx address ... and all recipients can check it out and send mails to the mailing list.

I hope that "Bruce the email guru" will have the perfect solution. ;-)


Smile!
Gerrit

[Bob]

Hi again,

Here are the ezMLM docs for the version installed here at FutureQuest
http://www.FutureQuest.net/docs/ezmlm/

Deb dug them up as I knew they were"lying" around somewhere but wasn't able to find them earlier :)

JIC you're bored and wanted to read some more head spinning stuff :sillylol:

Enjoy,
Bob

- Hey we need a cross eyed smiley for when we start talking about docs :P -

[Gerrit]

Hi Bob.

I've had a look at them allready. They didn't help me to solve the security-problem with ezMLM. Your way seems to be good for the moment.

Smile!
Gerrit