14. Sublists.

A sublist is a list that receives its input from another mailing list, rather than from users directly. The sublist is just a regular subscriber of the main list. A sublist in e.g. Tasmania is very useful since only one message is sent from the main list and then the sublists servers all subscribers in Tasmania. Bounces and all administration is handled locally. The local sublist can have a digest, even though the main list may not. (See How sublists work for more info on how sublists work).

14.1 Sublists of ezmlm lists.

To set up a sublist to an ezmlm list, just use the ezmlm-make ``-5 mainlist@mainhost'' switch. This will configure your list as a sublist to the mainlist@mainhost mailing list.

14.2 Sublists of non-ezmlm lists.

To set up a sublist to an ezmlm list, just use the ezmlm-make ``-5 mainlist@mainhost'' switch. This will configure your list as a sublist to the mainlist@mainhost mailing list. Since the main list may not use the ``Mailing-List'' header, you must identify another header that the main list adds to all messages. See the ezmlm-reject(1) man page for examples. Next, edit DIR/editor of your sublist and add a ``-h Listprocessor-Version:'' option to the ezmlm-send(1) line, but replacing ``Listprocessor-Version:'' with your mainlist header.

Now your list will accept only messages from mainlist@mainhost and with the header specified.