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[Redmond Militante <address@concealed>]

Thanks,  I just wanted to confirm.

++ address@concealed <address@concealed> [06/10/24 10:23]:
> 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

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