Re: majordomo list bouncing mail with word "subscribe" in it

[Robert Threet <rthreet@yahoo.com>]

Thanks.  I thought it was a taboo name or something.  I guess I'll
leave it in.  I can't believe it's never come up before.

--- Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 08:21:19AM -0700, Robert Threet wrote:
> > My Majordomo list is bouncing mail with word "subscribe" in it. 
> I
> > can understand if it is sent to Majordomo, but this is sent to
> the
> > list which shouldn't be interpreting commands (right?).  Is this
> a
> > config error that anyone is aware of?
> 
> Nope.  Lusers send majordomo commands to the list all the time. 
> It's
> really annoying when those actually show up on the list, so
> majordomo
> has a setting to moderate those messages.
> 
> > Testing...
> > 
> > subscribe
> 
> And I received this:
> 
>   The request requires your confirmation for the following
> reason(s):
> 
>     GLOBAL ADMIN BODY: /\bsubscribe\b/i matched "subscribe" at line
> 1
>     GLOBAL ADMIN BODY: /^\s*config\b/i matched "config" at line 4
>     GLOBAL ADMIN BODY: /\bsubscribe\b/i matched "subscribe" at line
> 8
> 
> At least on majordomo2, it's fairly trivial to change those regular
> expressions.  (I don't recall the setting off the top of my head
> though.)  Personally, ever time I think about changing the
> /\bsubscribe\b/i to /^subscribe\b/i, I get a mail to one of the
> lists
> that says something like "I want to [un]subscribe [from/]to this
> list".  Those things drive me nuts, especially given that *every*
> mail
> has instructions on unsubscribing, and the web site has very clear
> instructions for subscribing (and possibly unsubscribing, I don't
> remember).
> 
> Steve
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