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[Olivier Salaun - CRU <address@concealed>]

Hi,

You might have more than 1 owner for a list ; that's the usage for 
notify that notifies each list owner, not just the one that sent the 
command.

Nick Holden wrote:

> I'm making good progress with Sympa, and liking it a lot. However, one issue 
> I'm struggling with concerns the use of 'add' to add names to a list.
>
> Can someone explain the point in the difference between having 'add' set to 
> (owner) and (owner_notify)? It appears that even with the option set to 
> (owner) the list owner receives a reply to their 'add' command, in an
> email headed 'Results of your commands'. Since in both cases only the list 
> owner can make the 'add' command work, isn't it superfluous to have Sympa 
> both reply to the list owner and, optionally, notify them as well
> - the same person!
>
> One of my list owners says he doesn't want any email response when he adds an 
> address to a list. So I changed the setting from (owner_notify) to (owner) 
> and, although he doesn't get the 'notification', he does
> still get the reply from Sympa with the results of his add command. How can 
> this be turned off too?
>  
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Olivier Salaun
Comite Reseau des Universites