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[Olivier Salaun - CRU <address@concealed>]

Cef wrote:

> I've got a number of lists that are set up for confirmation of subscription by 
> the list owner (subscribe.owner). We need to make sure that everyone is on 
> another list (the announce list). At the moment this is done manually, and 
> can be a right pain. So I'm wondering if the below is possible?
> [...]
> Sympa refuses to accept the following scenari, but I'm guessing I can do 
> something like this:
>
> # if subscriber request come from a subscriber, it's just an update, do it
> is_subscriber([listname],[sender]) smtp,smime,md5    -> do_it
> # if subscription request is just a change email, it is open :
> is_subscriber([listname],[previous_email]) smtp,smime,md5    -> do_it
> # if subscriber is on 'announce' list, it is open :
> is_subscriber('announce',[sender]) smtp,smie,md5    -> do_it
> true()                             smtp,smime,md5    -> owner
> [...]
>  
Your scenario is correct except from 6th rule that has a typo ("smie" 
instead of "smime"). Sympa probably ignored this rule...

> I'm also wondering if there is a test I can add for "This subscription is 
> waiting to be processed?" so that I can negate people submitting subscription 
> requests 5 times with the same address?
>  
No you cannot check if a subscription request for that user has already 
been received.

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Olivier Salaün
Comité Réseau des Universités
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