[Mailman-Users] acceptable_aliases Option

[Gregory Leblanc]

On 03 May 2001 10:54:26 -0700, alex wetmore wrote:
> On 3 May 2001, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > Hi there!  I've got some semi-private distribution lists on an MS
> > Exchange server here at work, which I'd like to propogate off-site using
> > mailman.  I can create a mailing list, and add it to the list of people
> > on this distribution list very easily.  What I'd like to do is make sure
> > that Joe User can't email this list and give people the impression that
> > this is an official message from our organization.  Since mail is going
> > "to" the exchange list, the mailman list isn't in recipients headers.
> > This is great, because then I can block people from sending to the list
> > unless they're really on our exchange server.  I can't seem to figure
> > out what's expected in the "accepptable_aliases" option box.  Here's
> > about what my test distribution lists "to" field looks like to mailman
> > (some names changed to protect the innocent).
> > IMCEAEX-_O=ORGNAME+20OTHERORGNAME_OU=OUNAME_CN=CONTAINERNAME_CN=Testing at cu-portland.edu
> 
> Give your alias a SMTP address on the Exchange server so that it
> doesn't use an ecapsulated Legacy DN.  You can then put that normal
> SMTP address into Mailman.

If I do this, then people who aren't on the exchange server can email
this distribution list, which is why I haven't done that.  Exchange
doesn't offer any good way of restricting this, which is why I'm using
the address as stated above.  
    Greg

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