Preventing FAQ echo to mail?

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2 total messages Started by Michael Holloway Fri, 07 Jan 1994 16:04

#1201

Author: Michael Holloway
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 16:04

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I was hoping someone could tell me if there was a way to keep a periodic 
FAQ posting from being bounced out to a linked mail list.  In part, the 
FAQ I'd like to place in bit.listserv.transplant will carry the introduction
that would normally go to anyone who subscribed to the list.  There isn't 
any need to have this sent to all the subscribers every month.  Is there
a clever fix?

Mike Holloway
mhollowa@epo.som.sunysb.edu

Re: Preventing FAQ echo to mail?

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Author: Peter M. Weiss
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 17:26

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Since I think you are using a Revised LISTSERV, this advice
might work:

1) list-owner changes the TRNSPLNT list headers as follows -

   topics= faq
   default-topics= all,-faq

2) list-owner issues the LISTSERV cmds -

   quiet set trnsplnt topics= all,-faq for *@*
   quiet set trnsplnt topics= all      for netnews@auvm

3) distribute post FAQs with a header of -

   subject: faq: monthly Frequently Asked Questions

   the most important being the positional string /faq: /

One gotcha: folks who have their distribution options set for
DIGEST will receive the FAQ regardless of their topics: values.

/Pete (pmw1@psuvm.psu.edu)  --  co-owner  LDBASE-L, TQM-L, CPARK-L, et -L
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