I got it fixed. Thanks. Turns out you can't have a hyphen in the list owners email address. Apparently the hyphen tells imail to look for a sub mailbox so it knows where to stick the digests.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerry Massat > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 4:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] List Server / Digest Setup help needed > > Cycle Rider wrote: > > >Scott, > > > >Thanks for the reply. I can't tell you how much I > >appreciate your assistance. > > > > > > > <snip> > > >I took your advice but this still seems wrong to me > >and here is why. Imail's help says that the list > >owner is where the subscribes go to. I created an > >email box called [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only valid for > >my system) and I specified it as the list owner. > >Imail created an alias called my-list-owner that > >resolves to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Now, if I send a "help" command to the list owner > >which is [EMAIL PROTECTED] imail happily sticks > >the email into that user mailbox just like it would > >for any email. It is never processed by the list > >processor at all. If I send an email to > >my-list-owner, the special alias Imail automatically > >set up, because that alias resolves to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] it sticks the email into that > >mailbox and is never processed by the list processor. > > > > > > > The 'help' command is processed automatically by the list server. > > But instead of emailing to the list owner- sent all comands to > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as documented in the user guide, and emails > to be posted on the list to the list itself- 'my-list' in your example. > <snip> > > >Here is where I'm confused - the list owner address > >specified on the general tap is where the email will > >go when someone on the list clicks reply - which means > >it also needs to somehow resolve to the imailsrv > >program. > > > > > > > No- when I look at one of the emails to my list, it resolves to the list > itself. > > >I know it appears I may be making too much out of a > >simple thing, but trust me, imail is doing screwy > >things and if someone can tell me what these alias' > >should resolve too, which accounts are an alias versus > >a normal mailbox and how the digest email gets into a > >mailbox - then I'm sure I could fix this thing! > > > >Thanks again! > > > > > Now- if you set on the Security tab- Allow posting by Moderator, that's > when an email directed to your list will be sent to the owner > (moderator) who will decide if this email is appropriate for the list. > If 'Subscribers' is chosen, an email sent to the list will be > distributed to the list members if it has been sent by a subscriber > (from the Users list). > > I'll agree with your first comment where the documentation is a bit > confusing- ie- a 'subscriber' is a member of the 'Users list'. > > As to your 'Digest Setup' question, do you have any Digest > Subscribers? My Digest Mailbox does contain emails, and I only use > digest mode when I need it- that is I don't have a digest list without > any digest subscribers. > > Gerry. > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
