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Abstract

This variable sets the default for the Misc-Options= keyword for all lists on the server.


Examples

z/VM:

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS = '+IGNORE_EMAIL_CASE SUPPRESS_APPROVED_BY'

Unix:

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS="+IGNORE_EMAIL_CASE SUPPRESS_APPROVED_BY"

export DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS

Windows:

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS=+IGNORE_EMAIL_CASE SUPPRESS_APPROVED_BY


Details

A DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS variable available for use in the site configuration file.  When populated with one or more of the available values for the Misc-Options= list header keyword, it sets a default for all lists that do not already have a Misc-Options= setting.  If a list has a Misc-Options= keyword, the site-level setting is normally overridden.  For instance, if you have (using Windows site.cfg for an example)

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS=IGNORE_EMAIL_CASE

and a given list has

* Misc-Options= RESPECT_EMAIL_CASE

then the list-level option overrides the site-level option.

You may also prefix options in DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS with either  a plus  or minus sign (no  space between  the +/-  sign and  the name  of the  option). As before, an unprefixed option is active  if the list owner did not specify any "Misc-Options=" keyword, and is otherwise ignored.

An option prefixed with a plus sign is always active,  for every list. There is  no way for the list owner to turn it off.  Therefore, if we modified our example above to read

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS=+IGNORE_EMAIL_CASE

then that would always override any list-level setting.

Likewise, an option prefixed with a minus signed is prohibited and will be ignored if specified in the list header.  Therefore something like

DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS=-NO_SPAM_CHECK

would disallow list owners from disabling the spam check for their list by setting "Misc-Options= NO_SPAM_CHECK".

DOCUMENTED RESTRICTION:  Using the plus and minus prefixes together for the same option -- for instance,


DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS=+-NO_SPAM_CHECK

-- will produce unpredictable results and is not supported or recommended.  In the example case, there is no good reason to both (a) force no spam check for all lists and also (b) ignore it if specified in a given list header; all that's needed in that case is the plus prefix.

Multiple options for DEFAULT_MISC_OPTIONS are specified in the usual space-separated manner.


Default Value

Not set (the default settings for the Misc-Options= list header keyword are in force).