On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:45:56 -0600, Mate Wierdl wrote:
>compare the methods used under Majordomo. Is not there Majordomo
>emulation under ezmlm-idx?
Yes. ezmlm-request can do that and the ezmlm-idx package has some
support scripts to set it up (see FAQ). It works on top of ezmlm, so it
just translates the requests to command messages. It does LISTS and
WHICH, which are direct and more global commands, but only if the
(unix) permissions allow it access to the lists' subscriber databases.
Differences from majordomo:
-Only 1 command per message.
-Also translates from many listserv/listproc/smartlist commands.
-Also can service non-local lists.
-Some "list name completion"
-This is just a hack to make life easier for subscribers used to
majordomo. Thus, there is no "set password", etc, etc.
-Add ezmlm commands are supported, i.e. the program makes a command
message from anything you throw at it (with address restrictions)
automatically supporting new commands that you might have added to your
list, "faq list", etc. This is also a reason for the one command per
message restriction.
Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with e.g. "lists" or "subscribe djb-ezmlm"
as the first line of the message body. The config file is outdated, so
it still has the old names of Dan's lists.
This is in reply to a cross-posted message. I'll send it back to both
lists, but it sounds like a discussion for [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Sincerely, Fred
(Frederik Lindberg, Infectious Diseases, WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA)
