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[Thomas Berry <address@concealed>]

I agree, Sympa's list family feature is the way to go.  But, where is 
the data for COURSE_SECTION and TERMCODE coming from?   Is it parsed 
from the mailing list email address?

Thomas

Sylvain Amrani wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can use families to do that. You parameters are entries in your xml
> file.
>
> You can also use ldap2_level queries :
>
>    1. you store your source_parameters in your ldap directory
>    2. the 1st ldap query requests the source_parameters
>    3. the 2nd ldap query use the result of the 1st one.
>
> Sylvain.
>
> Dallas Wisehaupt a écrit :
> > Thanks, but that's not what I'm looking for.
> >
> > I'm not looking to include a file that has the list of users, I'm
> > looking to use an inclusion file.  That inclusion file can specify a
> > query that will be executed with parameters substituted.
> >
> > The example for the owners_include:
> >
> > in the config file:
> >     owner_include
> >     source myfile
> >     source_parameters COURSE_SECTION,TERMCODE
> >
> > in myfile.incl
> >     include_ldap_query
> >     host ldap.server.edu
> >     suffix o=server,o=edu
> >     filter (&(course=[% param.0 %])(term=[% param.1 %]))
> >     attrs mail
> >     select all
> >     scope sub
> >
> > That would cause the filter to be:
> >     filter (&(course=COURSE_SECTION)(term=TERMCODE))
> >
> > Is this setup possible for subscribers also?
> >
> > The overall goal is to have 3 inclusion files that can be referenced by
> > 100s or 1000s of course lists.  Then if the requirements change for the
> > lists, only one place requires alteration.
> >
> > Dallas
> >
> > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Thomas Berry wrote:
> >
> > > Yes.  Use the list config setting "include_file"
> > >
> > > include_file <path to file>
> > >
> > > This parameter will be interpreted only if the user data source value
> > > is set to include. The file should contain one e-mail address per
> > > line with an optional user description, separated from the email
> > > address by spaces (lines beginning with a �#� are ignored).
> > >
> > > Sample included file :
> > >      ## Data for Sympa member import
> > >      address@concealed John Smith - math department
> > >      address@concealed Sarah Hanrahan - physics department
> > >
> > > Dallas Wisehaupt wrote:
> > > > I've got a (hopefully quick) question about subscriber includes.
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to have the subscriber list use an inclusion file?
> > > >
> > > > I know I can do LDAP, SQL, file (as a list of addresses and names),
> > > > etc., but I can't determine if I could use an inclusion file for
> > > > subscribers in a similar manner as the owner_include and editor_include
> > > > parameters.
> > > >
> > > > Dallas