February 2001 - Smartlist - lists.rwth-aachen.de

auto-reply update
by ravi pina 06 Feb '01

06 Feb '01

hi. i've made the auto-reply a bit more robust and bloated :) place the following in rc.local.s20 and uncomment the corresponding line in your unlinked rc.custom. REPLY_TEMP is a text file that gets mailed back to the original sender. it will be sent as MAIL_FROM. if you want to put a user name in the header From: line, do so in HDR_FROM. The subject will be set to REPLY_SUBJECT. if you want to use the original subject in your reply, place `$SUBJECT' where you want it to appear in the REPLY_TEMP file and set MUNGE_BODY appropriately. feel free to mail me if you have questions about this. i'll do my best to answer them. -r #MUNGE_BODY=no REPLY_TEMP=/path/to/autoreply.txt MAIL_FROM="moo(a)cow.org" HDR_FROM="moo(a)cow.org (moo!)" REPLY_SUBJECT="Message Received" ORIG_SUB=`formail -zx Subject:` :0 whc | formail -rtzc -xTo: >tmp.from ; \ cp $REPLY_TEMP tmp.autoreply :0 whc * MUNGE_BODY ?? y | sed 's/\$SUBJECT/'"$ORIG_SUB"/g $REPLY_TEMP > tmp.autoreply :0 ch :autoreply.lock | (formail -rtzc -I "Subject: $REPLY_SUBJECT" -I "From: $HDR_FROM" \ -A"Precedence: junk" ; cat tmp.autoreply) | \ $SENDMAIL -t -f $MAIL_FROM `cat tmp.from` -- echo "send pgp key" | mail ravi(a)cow.org ; lynx http://cow.org ; echo "!gc" "It's like everybody's trying to find a reason for the shootings. Whatever happened to 'crazy?'" -- Chris Rock's explanation for the Littelton, CO., school shootings, quoted in The Dallas Morning News.

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message headers
by Jerry Sloan 06 Feb '01

06 Feb '01

First off I would like to say publicly that this list has been a great help to me, Ravi personally. Now for my question. I setup a list for our support team that sends autoreply e-mail to anyone who sends to our support team. What i need is to show original message headers in the header of the e-mail that goes to the support team. Any and all help will be appreciated Jerry Sloan

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dist manipulation software?
by Charlie Summers 03 Feb '01

03 Feb '01

Folks; Does anyone know of any pre-existing software for manipulating dist files (i.e. generating per-domain percentages from a dist file, merging two dist files, comparing two dist files, etc., etc)? I suppose anything that dealt specifically with lists of email addresses would work (that is, it doesn't necessarily have to handle the "Only addresses below this line" itself)...anyone have a pointer to such a thing? Charlie (who hopes he doesn't have to reinvent the wheel...)

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No Multigram For Admin Please
by Richard Lynch 03 Feb '01

03 Feb '01

I'm confused by this multigram stuff, and when it kicks in... The lists I work with are pretty small, and it would be ideal for me if the X-Command to unsubscribe was just "perfect match" OTOH, I'd like for people who unsubscribe themselves (the blessed few with a clue) were able to match foo(a)mail.whatever.com and foo(a)whatever.com successfully and just take them off if they're that close... But I don't even know if that's what multigram does or not. I've read the docs and FAQ, but they seem to jump right into the numbering scheme without explaining how/when multigram applies... Or maybe I'm just reading the wrong section of the docs... So... if some kind soul would tell me when multigram kicks in and how I would alter rc.custom for the admin X-Command to be strictly a perfect match thing without screwing up auto-request commands from listees, I'd sure appreciate it... Oh yeah: One last thing: The address that is about to unsubscribed generates the following multigram matches to the current list: 177 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 32734 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 18 a 17066 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 118 kevin.erickson(a)bmge.com 3250 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 174 rfblitho(a)compuserve.com 3250 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 36 boche(a)billions.com 3247 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 167 rademaker(a)compuserve.com 3246 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 176 rjolech(a)herff-jones.com 3197 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com 87 guns(a)scratchie.com 2527 rlynch(a)ignitionstate.com Like, the address I'm trying to remove is there, and it should be a perfect match, and I don't understand why that first one isn't just 32766... [See, I read the docs enough to know it goes up to 32766 :-)] Or, rather, why is multigram kicking in at all? If it's a perfect match, isn't it supposed to just unsubscribe it?

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how to approve a message on a moderated list
by Newfield-Net-Host.com 03 Feb '01

03 Feb '01

The manual says to add the approved: email(a)addre.ss to the headers? huh? I am using outlook express 5.5 and as far as I know, there's no way to edit the headers. I sent a test message from another account, and added the approved: tom(a)dye.com to it but this shows up in the message that goes to the list. Thanks, tom

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Copy original ssender
by Jason Fleisher 01 Feb '01

01 Feb '01

How can I keep the sender of a post from receiving a copy of his post. I want everyone on the list except the sender to receive a copy. Is this possible? Jason

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