The mailing list for listmasters using Sympa

[Olivier Salaün - CRU <address@concealed>]

You're right, automatic lists can be any kind of list (SQL-based list, 
LDAP-based subscription list, or a mixture of these) ; they only differ 
because they are created on the fly. We provided the LDAP example 
because it's a rich example and it corresponds to a standard, ie as list 
population that is defined in your information system.

Gavin Younger wrote:
> Yes I eventually tracked that down... that's useful. I am right in assuming 
> that the config.tt2 file can reference any source (ie file or database) and 
> not just the LDAP source that's used in the example?
>
>   
> > The feature you are requesting is part of Sympa 5.3.x. It has 
> > been developed by S.Amrani for the needs of the French 
> > ministry of defense. 
> > You can browse the related documentation : 
> > http://www.sympa.org./wiki/manual/list-families#automatic_list_creation
> >
> > The goal is to trigger list creation when a mail is received 
> > for the list. It makes use of list families feature and highly 
> > use the expressiveness of TT2 template format.
> >
> > Sylvain, correct me if I missed an essential aspect of the feature...
> >
> > Gavin Younger wrote:
> >     
> > > We have a requirement for to be able to create mailing lists 
> > >       
> > "on the fly" for one-time mailshots. The idea being that a 
> > user would be able to specify a list of addresses to populate 
> > the list from a database (or other source) - the system would 
> > then create a mailing list with some unique name (eg 
> > address@concealed), when the mailshot is done 
> > it would then remove the list. 
> >     
> > > I seem to remember some discussion about this being done 
> > >       
> > with families a while back, but cannot seem to find a 
> > reference...can anyone on the list point me in the right direction?
> >