These are instructions for sending a message to a moderated Majordomo
mailing list. They are not straightforward to do, so contact me if you
have problems.

Last update: 13 October 1998

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Peter Van Rossem                                    <pvrossem@vub.ac.be>
User Support Group
Brussels Free University Computing Centre         Phone: +32-2-650.37.71
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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=== Sending from Eudora ================================================

1. BOUNCED messages

  From within Eudora, the text you want to send should start with the 
  headers of the original message. Add a line Approved: password on 
  top of this message (the password is the password you get from the
  mailinglist manager - that is me :-).  The most easy way to achieve 
  this is 'Redirect'/'Send Again' the message, and add the "Approved:" 
  line on top, as indicated below:

    Approved: your-password
    From pvrossem@vub.ac.be Thu Jun 22 09:13:55 1995
    Date: Thu, 22 Jun 95 09:13:55 +0200
    Message-Id: <9506220713.AA12934@smtp.vub.ac.be>
    To: testlist@listserv.vub.ac.be
    From: pvrossem@vub.ac.be (Peter Van Rossem)
    Subject: This is the subject of this message
 
    Blablabla (actual message)


  And then send the message. 

  Some very important remarks:

  * Make sure that the From below the Approved line starts with the 
    From in the first column of the message (not >From). 

  * Make sure to remove any Received: lines in the headers before 
    sending as they tend to mess up the message. 

  * Make sure that when you send a MIME message - e.g. an attachment - 
    that both lines "MIME-Version:" and "Content-Type:" are part of
    the list of headers - as indicated higher. 
    Equally important is that the "Content-Type:" line is ONLY 1 LINE,
    and not split into 2 lines !!

  * And you might uncheck the signature button as well before sending.

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2. Send messages directly (not from BOUNCEd)

  For messages that are not sent to the mailinglist but directly to you,
  proceed as follows.

  Copy the original headers from a message - without the received lines -
  (Edit/Copy) and then select to "Redirect" the message.  Insert the 
  headers on top of the message you are about to resend. Also add the 
  line with the password on the very top of the message. Then fill in 
  the correct listname's address, and send the message.

  For messages that can be sent to the list directly by you, it is best
  to send it first to the mailinglist without giving the password, it
  will then BOUNCE. Then proceed as it was a BOUNCEd message (see above).


  Problems will occur if the message is a MIME message, the headers will
  be incorrect.


=== Sending with mail/elm (UNIX) =======================================

  From within a UNIX mailer, it may depend which one you use, but if you 
  use 'mail', it should work the same as with Eudora. In any case, don't 
  put the Approved line into the headers of the original message !


    $ mail pcp-news@listserv.vub.ac.be
    
    Approved: your-password
    Date: Thu, 22 Jun 95 09:13:55 +0200
    Message-Id: <9506220713.AA12934@smtp.vub.ac.be>
    To: testlist@listserv.vub.ac.be
    From: pvrossem@vub.ac.be (Peter Van Rossem)
    Subject: This is the subject of this message
 
    Blablabla (actual message)
 

  You should start the message you send as "moderator" to 
  listname@listserv.vub.ac.be with a blank line, to indicate to the mail 
  program that the Approved: line and the rest of the headers you include 
  is part of the BODY of the message.

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  With elm, the proper procedure is to 'forward' the message to bounce, 
  edit the message by removing all the forwarding headers (and removing 
  all '>'), and adding (in the message) the 'Approved: password' line, 
  followed by a blank line. This should do it correctly.

[ CORRECTION ]
  In elm there is also a way to forward a message while including the
  original message, but leaving out the '>' marks. You should answer
  'No' to the question 'Edit outgoing message?'. Then you will directly
  arrive on the menu where you can type 'send', but you should edit the
  message (typing E) instead. Remove all forwarding headers (first series 
  of headers) until the first blank line. Add the 'Approved: password' 
  line before that blank line. Then also remove the '>' sign on the 
  '>From' line. Save and send the message. You're done.
  

=== end of instructions ================================================