I'm trying to set up a web presence for a client, and just tried setting up
an HTML form using post to subscribe people to a Smartlist mailing list.
(I didn't see it mentioned as working, but I thought I'd try. It does get
emailed.) It almost worked perfectly: it uses the address posted in the
form, but the form puts a '=' in front of the address. Can anyone point me
to a good way to strip that out? (Sorry, don't know shell code yet.)
Daniel T. Staal
p.s. Here's a copy of what gets sent to Smartlist, in case you need it:
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> > ~$ tr -d "=" <dist>dist.fixed; mv dist dist.old; mv dist.fixed dist
This works on the whole file. On the other hand,
if you just want to use a filter on a line *before*
writing it to the dist file, use
... | sed 's/=/' | ...
For instance, if the address sits in a variable, say, $email,
and you want to append it to the dist file,
echo $email | sed 's/=//' >> dist
Exactly where you want to put it, should be pretty clear,
I guess.
- M
--On Thursday, August 1, 2002 13:39 -0400 Joyce Miletic
<jmiletic(a)alabanza.com> wrote:
> ~$ tr -d "=" <dist>dist.fixed; mv dist dist.old; mv dist.fixed dist
>
> above is all one line; '~$' is unix prompt.
>
> -Joyce
Well, that would work if I wasn't using the confirm package... (The
address doesn't make it to the dist file.) Hmm, if I can just figure out
where to put that in the procmail scripts it should still work. (With
appropriate io redirection.) Now if I just have the time...
Thanks.
Daniel T. Staal
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>>I've wondered, if the addresses are properly formatted with RFC822
>>comments, will they be handled correctly at distribution time?
>>Seems like a reasonable assumption, and it would be very nice
>>indeed to have those real names handy. But it's never gotten to
>>the top of my priorities to poke through the code, or try a
>>test case on my list.
In response to this, I wrote:
>I don't remember if I ever tried
>
> real name <user(a)domain.com>
>
>but, knowing how choplist works, I think this format would work fine as
>well.
Sorry, I was wrong. I just went back and checked the Manual, and it says
that the email address must be the first thing on the line. The other
form I mentioned, though --
user(a)domain.com (real name)
-- is explicitly permitted.
Sorry for the misinformation. (I should've checked before speaking!)
-cary
