Lyris User's Guide
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Allow Cross-posting
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· · Overview of Site Administrator
· · Site Admin Menu
· · Site Info
· · Topics
· · Mailing Lists
· · · Mailing Lists First Page
· · · Basic Information
· · · World-Wide-Web Urls
· · · Headers and Footers
· · · Security for Subscribers
· · · Security of List Information
· · · Confirmations
· · · Posting Privileges and Moderation
· · · · Admin Send
· · · · Password Required
· · · · Moderated
· · · · Approve Number
· · · · Release Days
· · · · Release Time
· · · · Non-Members Can Post
· · · · Reject Email Submissions
· · · · Allow Cross-posting
· · · · Allow Duplicate Posting
· · · · Cross-posting and Duplicates
· · · · Max Posts Per Member
· · · · Max Quoting Allowed
· · · · Allow Blank Subject
· · · · Allow Blank Body
· · · · Child List
· · · Documents
· · · Limits
· · · Email Headers
· · · Archives
· · · Error Mail Handling
· · · Informational
· · · Programming Extensions at the List Level
· · · Miscellaneous List Config Settings
· · · Limits (changeable only by site admin)
· · Site Documents
· · Site Action Phrases
· · Auto-Responder
· · Site People
· · Site Admin Log
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions

Allow Cross-posting

This setting determines if messages that are cross-posted are rejected by Lyris List Manager or if they are allowed onto the list.

A cross-posted message occurs when a single message is sent to more than one mailing list on a server. For example, in the To: field of an email message, the author can list several mailing lists and thus deliver the same message to several lists.

By default, Lyris List Manager does not allow cross-posting. It will catch a cross-posted message, see that it has already been posted to another list and reject any further attempts to post the identical message. If the message is modified slightly in some way (i.e., an extra space, a carriage return, an extra sentence, etc.) it will not be considered a cross-posting.

In general, cross-posting to mailing lists is considered bad Internet etiquette and, occasionally, it is a method used by spammers to disseminate inappropriate email. However, there are many circumstances where it is appropriate. For instance, if there are two mailing lists that deal with related topics, messages appropriate to both groups are written, the author may want the message to be distributed to both mailing lists.

Other pages which link to this page:
  • Posting Privileges and Moderation
  • Cross-posting and Duplicates
  • New in 3.0 beta 5 (v2.548)
  • New in Version 2.5
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