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From: GHC@NIHKLMB (Gerson H Cohen)
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Subject: Hiding an address in an address list
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Date: 8 Feb 90 17:06:00 GMT
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I have the need to include an address which is not to be made public in a
mailing list.  The list itself, however, is to remain public.  If the name
is simply added to the file referenced by the alias, all list users can be
aware of the address (the list is being maintained by MAILSERV).  The form:

alias: <filename,error-return-address,reply-to-address

does not permit other entries.  I am using Ned's procedure of feeding
the incomming mail directly through VMSMail before expansion:

list_name: list_name-forward
list_name2: <file

in which the list_name-forward is forwarded by VMS.  I have experimented
putting the hidden name in the expansion of list_name, and I think it works,
but Ned has been burned by people submitting to the list_name2 and that
would defeat my purpose (the address would remain hidden but receive no
mail).  Does anyone have a suggestion of some mechanism that I may have
overlooked?

Gerson Cohen
NIH, 2/312, Bethesda, MD  20892
301-496-4295
GHC@NIHKLMB