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[Aumont - Comite Reseaux des Universites <address@concealed>]

address@concealed wrote:

> 1. student id for authentication and email address for authorization:
>
> I want to setup md5 for authentication, however, some students have more than 
> one email address, school and dept.  I prefer them to use the one from the 
> dept that they are in.  I have a table which has studentID and associating 
> dept email addresses set up on the ML server already.  Is there a simple way 
> to configure the site to use student id for authentication with corresponding 
> email address for authorization (subscription/post/review).
>
>  
No there isn't unless you convert this RDBM table in a LDAP directory. 
But you can developp a new authentication methode. Not to hard, just a 
lack of internal documentation. Have a look at Auth.pm.

> 2. Auto Bounce management:
>
> I've tried to configure the server to remove the users after 2 bounces 
> without success.  I might not understand the document clearly.  This type of 
> settings should go to sympa.conf or the config file of each list itself.  I 
> tried both in sympa.conf and the config file of some lists but could not get 
> it working.  When I specified level 2 bounce in sympa.conf it could not 
> recognize the syntax and refused to start sympa.  I moved it to the config 
> file of a test list but seemed not working either.  Am I missing something 
> here, can someone shed some light on this?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>  
 bounce_warn_rate  bounce_halt_rate are  sympa.conf parameters that can 
be redefined for each list using

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