i can see that, when i'm configuring mailman, i'd set my DEFAULT_URL_HOST to "lists.yoyodyne.com", since that's how i want everyone to see the alleged mail host. but what about DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST?
if i set that to "lists.yoyodyne.com", that sort of violates the longtime usage of not putting a specific hostname on the domain name when mailing to an account at yoyodyne (as in, [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Unless you can control all of the aliases that are created on the central mail servers, so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] get mapped to their appropriate [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED], then you may have no other choice.
Keep in mind that mailman creates something like a dozen different aliases for each list, one for each of the various functions (so there is a [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc...).
but if i leave the hostname off, to get [EMAIL PROTECTED], i run the risk of someone else at yoyodyne saying, "hey, mailing lists! cool! i think i'll set some up as well", and clashing with my already-existing [EMAIL PROTECTED] address, even if they use a different URL. sort of, pooched if i do, pooched if i don't.
Yup.
so what's the general solution? or am i describing a situation that's a bit weird that most people wouldn't run into? a pointer to a URL would be just ducky.
How much control do you have over those central servers? If you don't have any control over them, then the only solution will be to use the virtual hostname.
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