At 10:54 +0200 19 Jun 2001, Werner Reisberger <werner@pure.ch> wrote:
He can modify his cgi to simply send the prospective address with an X-Command line to the list-request address instead of writing it to a file
I recommend sending a subscription request as the prospective subscriber rathern than sending it as an X-Command. For one thing, doing it this way won't bypass the confirmation process. Another issue is that SmartList will allow X-Commands to subscribe addreses that are already on the list. At one time I found one address subscribed around 40 times to a list that used the X-Command method for a web subscription form. This won't cause a problem when messages are sent out to the list since the duplicates should be folded together. But SmartList will only remove one instance of an address per unsubscription attempt (either because of bouncing or due to a request from the subscriber or list maintainer). -- Aaron Schrab aaron@schrab.com http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/ "What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?" -- Larry Wall