The mailing list for listmasters using Sympa

[Francis Lachapelle <address@concealed>]

Edward Rynes wrote:
> So my "external" program must be able to read/write all of the .../ 
> sympa/expl/<listname>/config files?   :(

Actually you can define all the attributes of the list in the XML file 
you pass to sympa.pl:

http://sympa.org/doc/html/node17.html#xml-file-format

> We also have a need to migrate old mailing list to Sympa.  For that  we 
> can not use include files or LDAP groups.
>
> Is there no way (using SOAP or the sympa.pl command line) to just add  
> subscribers as if they were added via the web interface?  (preserving  
> the ability for the user or list owner to unsubscribe them)

How about using the "-- import <listname>" option of sympa.pl?

From http://sympa.org/doc/html/node4.html#SECTION00470000000000000000:

"Import subscribers in the listname list. Data are read from STDIN."


  Francis