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From: GHC@NIHKLMB (Gerson H Cohen)
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Subject: Last word (?) on hidding addresses from mailing lists.
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Date: 9 Feb 90 16:01:00 GMT
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I have stumbled on a way to hide addresses from a mailing list as
I have wanted to do.  By way of example from my ALIASES. I copy:

test-l: test-l-forward
test-list:   test@bulletin,test-list-distribution
test-list-distribution:   <sys_anlroot:[mailing_lists]test-l.dis

and in test-l.dis we find:

GHC@NIHKLMB.BITNET
SYSTEM@NIHKLMB.BITNET

VMS mail forwards test-l-forward to test-list.

This worked and I have installed it in a real list.  I haven't tried
to expand test to test@bulletin via an alias since I recall the problems
in 3.0 with that.  Besides, the direct resolution should be faster (?).
I am presuming that I can add some more addresses to the test-list: line.
I have not checked to see if the distribution list must be stated last.

Gerson Cohen