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[address@concealed (Janusz S. Bień)]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008  David Verdin <address@concealed> wrote:

[...]

>    * *Custom user attributes*. This contribution from /A.de Bignicourt/
>      (UREC/CNRS) allows the use of per list custom user attributes.
>      Once the format of the attributes has been defined by the list
>      owner, a form will be presented to new list members on the
>      subscription web page. These custom attributes are either optional
>      or mandatory. The list owner will then see the provided user
>      information while taking the subscription decision. Custom
>      attributes can later be viewed from the review page and
>      editsubscriber page. Custom attributes are stored in a dedicated
>      field of the subscriber_table DB table, as XML data. See
>      documentation
>      <https://www.sympa.org/manual/customizing#custom_user_attributes>.

So they can be set only by users? What about importing them from some
external source?

For a family of lists for our faculty I would need such attributes as
title, position, membership in the faculty council etc., but I would
like to use some of them in authorization scenarios. Moreover, I can
reliably import those data from a central system, so there is no need
to annoy subscribers with a long questionnaire.

Is it possible to create such setup with Sympa 5.4? I'm afraid it is
not...

Best regards

Janusz

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dr hab. Janusz S. Bien, prof. UW -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra 
Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bien - Warsaw University (Department of Formal Linguistics)
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