Trying to use file other than dist.
It is with great trepidation that I send this message to the list again. Does no one use SmartList in the way that I want to? -Kevin Zembower I'm trying to do something unorthodox with SmartList. My distribution list is kept in a flat file by another program that I have to continue to use. However, the format is exactly the same as the format of dist, with the exception that there's no "Only names below this line can be automatically deleted." Unfortunately, that means that none of the addresses can be automatically unsubscribed. What I've tried to do was to unlink dist and accept, delete dist and replace it in the directory with either a soft- or hard-link to the other file. This seems to work with subscribing, but says that the name can't be found to unsubscribe automatically. Is there a way to turn off this feature, so that if the line is missing, ALL addresses in the file can be automatically unsubscribed? Or, if this is not possible, is there another work-around that allows me to use the other file in place of dist? Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions on my problem. -Kevin Zembower ----- E. Kevin Zembower Unix Administrator Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139
Hmmm... I'm sure there is a way, of course... Have you grepped the code for that "Only names below..." string, to see if it's as easy as modifying the logic of the file scanner? -ph On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
It is with great trepidation that I send this message to the list again. Does no one use SmartList in the way that I want to?
-Kevin Zembower
I'm trying to do something unorthodox with SmartList. My distribution list is kept in a flat file by another program that I have to continue to use. However, the format is exactly the same as the format of dist, with the exception that there's no "Only names below this line can be automatically deleted." Unfortunately, that means that none of the addresses can be automatically unsubscribed.
What I've tried to do was to unlink dist and accept, delete dist and replace it in the directory with either a soft- or hard-link to the other file. This seems to work with subscribing, but says that the name can't be found to unsubscribe automatically.
Is there a way to turn off this feature, so that if the line is missing, ALL addresses in the file can be automatically unsubscribed? Or, if this is not possible, is there another work-around that allows me to use the other file in place of dist?
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions on my problem.
-Kevin Zembower
----- E. Kevin Zembower Unix Administrator Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139
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At 12:01 PM -0400 6/18/01, KEVIN ZEMBOWER is rumored to have typed:
It is with great trepidation that I send this message to the list again. Does no one use SmartList in the way that I want to?
I'd seriously doubt it, since you say you are not _using_ SmartList to manage your dist file, and yet you seem to want SmartList to handle your bounces. Doesn't make a lick of sense to me at all, which is why I think you're unlikely to get much help - kinda oxymoronic, eh?
I'm trying to do something unorthodox with SmartList. My distribution list is kept in a flat file by another program that I have to continue to use.
Then I'd suggest you redirect any bounce messages off to the program that is managing the "flat file" and write your own routines in the "flat file" manager (I am assuming you're refering to a flat-file database manager, but I could be wrong, and frankly it doesn't much matter) to handle the bounces. Either SmartList manages the distribution list, or your "flat file" program does. Seems to me that having both thumbs in the pie is a recipe for disaster...and trying to get SmartList to handle bounces when you admit it _doesn't_ manage the dist file is just silly. Charlie
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