From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 17:43:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DF4106566C for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 17:43:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 449438FC2B for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 17:43:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C3E10AF58; Mon, 19 May 2008 13:43:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 19 May 2008 13:43:17 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: wIM92wkYZjjN0jv0cfP/9Mbq6wEKxRhDd8YuLNMgLvOF 1211218996 Received: from hagrid.ewd.goldmark.org (n114.ewd.goldmark.org [72.64.118.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D649C15E1D; Mon, 19 May 2008 13:43:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <50D16E4F-5247-4A35-BF53-8202696C8EF4@goldmark.org> From: Jeffrey Goldberg To: brad davison In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 12:43:15 -0500 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lock down the all-staff email list? sendmail, alias, majordomo? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:43:18 -0000 On May 19, 2008, at 10:23 AM, brad davison wrote: > > Our company has a sendmail server 8.13.8 running on FBSD 6.2 with > procmail. We currently have an alias set up for our all-staff email > (we only have about 200 users). Someone recently sent out an email > to the all-staff that someone didn't like, so now I have to restrict > who can send to it. > or B) a list program like majordomo or something that I can keep > people from using who isn't 'the boss'? That is the option I recommend. Look at the mailman port. Mailman is a very nice (though not perfect) mailing list management system. I see that there is also a port for majordomo if that is what you prefer. But I find that mailman is easier for my users to cope with. > What is the best way to have a list that only certain users are able > to send to? > I am open to suggestions that will get me out of this situation. You have already given the answer. Use a mailing list management system like majordomo. I recommend mailman. By the way, mailman is what is used for managing the FreeBSD mailing lists. The announce list is set up so that only certain individuals can post to it. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/