[Icom] Admin Notice

[Dick Flanagan]

Hi, Folks.

Every day I have to manually approve probably a half-dozen or more messages 
from members who are using the wrong e-mail address and are flagged by the 
software as "non-members."  So long as I keep fixing these messages, there 
is no incentive for the senders to correct their problem.

The way these "non-member" errors usually come about is when someone 
subscribes under an alias like qsl.net or arrl.net, but then sends messages 
to the reflector with their original address (or vice versa).  For example, 
if I were to subscribe under w6old@arrl.net, but then send a message as 
dick@twohams.com, my message would be bounced as a "non-member."

Even if you have a Reply-To: line with a matching address, the mailman 
system only keys off the address in your From: line.

As you can probably guess, I am going to start letting these messages be 
rejected.  If you receive one and want to post to the reflector, you are 
going to have to reconcile the address differences, either by changing your 
From: e-mail address or changing the address you are subscribed under.

If you absolutely positively MUST be able to send messages from two 
different addresses, there is a way to fool the system, but it is a lot 
more trouble than simply fixing the original problem.

If you receive a "non-member" rejection, it will look like the one 
below.  It's kind of wordy, but gets the idea across.

If this causes anyone undue hardship, I will try to help.

73, Dick

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Sample error message:

Your attempt to post was rejected because you are not subscribed to this 
list (You can't post unless you are subscribed). To subscribe, see 
instructions below.

If you believe that you are subscribed, there are 2 possible reasons you 
may have gotten this message.

1. If you are receiving daily mail from the list but have gotten this 
message when trying to post, you are subscribed but are submitting your 
post from an address other than the one you are subscribed under. Check the 
welcome message you received when you subscribed to the list (you did save 
it didn't you?). The address you are subscribed under is contained in the 
body of that message.

Once you have determined which address you are subscribed under, use that 
address to post from or unsubscribe that address and re-subscribe under an 
address that you can send a message from.

2. You were subscribed but have been unsubscribed from the this list 
because mail to you from the list has been bouncing (returned 
undeliverable). To re-subscribe, see instructions below.

If you wish to subscribe, visit http//mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/icom 
or send a message with the word `help' in it to the request address, 
icom-request@mailman.qth.net, for further instructions.
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Dick Flanagan W6OLD OOTC CFII Minden, Nevada
Visit http://www.cvrc.net