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Fiona Dix wrote:

> I thought that might be what was happening. But then, it's a
> usability problem that  Sympa doesn't warn you about this when you
> try to do it. Both by email and via wwsympa it is possible to
> *apparently* set nomail (for example) without getting any error back,
> and you can only tell there's a problem because you carry on getting
> the mail!
You are write this is a bug.

>                   So I have to change the list parameter to use
> the Sympa database, and update the Sympa database with an sql query
> whenever an email address changes in the external database where
> these users are stored. 
No problem, just be aware of all database feld.

> 
>   And am I right in thinking I can safely insert  the data  for this
> list into user_table and subscriber_table while the list is still
> using the 'include' 
Yes your are right you can do it and  change the list user_data_source
when you are happy with it.

Serge
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