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Redmond Militante wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I'm just starting to mess around with using LDAP as a Sympa data source.
>
> I was looking for a way to turn off the welcome message for users subscribed 
> using LDAP as a data source - it seems that subscribers do not receive a 
> welcome message when subscribed via LDAP as a data source.  I just wanted to 
> confirm with you that this was the case before I subscribe several hundred 
> people via LDAP who I do not wish to send welcome messages to.
>
> Do users receive a welcome message when subscribed via a SQL query as a data source?  
>  
NO, sympa do send welcome message when catching new users from any 
external data source.

This is not a bug but a feature ;-) In most cases it would be a problem 
that user received a welcome message in that case but it seems some 
listmaster needs it. We could modify Sympa in order to send welcome 
message easily but we need :

   * let the list owner choose if he wants the welcome message to be sent
   * the default to stay unchanged
   * to be able to modify the welcome message depending on the data
     source used to include new users
   * do the same with the bye message ?

Serge