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[Steve Shipway <address@concealed>]

> My question is this - what should I put into the .xml file when I
> instantiate the list family - I seem to be in a position where it
> requires an explicit value for the listname in the .xml (which
> subsequently clashes with the value in the template) - where am I going
> wrong?

I'm also have a go at setting up something like this.

I may be wrong (the documentation is woefully inadequate) but I think you do 
not use the .xml file to instatiate the family at all.

When managing list families (not auto-create lists) you use the XML and build 
the family.  That works for us here.

When doing autocreate, you use the family mechanism, but do not instantiate 
the family.  Instead, you set up in postfix a special transport that 
instantiates the list as the request comes in.

In master.cf, you define the new transport:

sympaauto    unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=R user=sympa argv=/usr/libexec/sympa/familyqueue ${recipient} myfamily

Then, you use your transport regexp map to send the list names to this 
transport:

/^auto-.*\@domain.com$/       sympaauto:

A similar effect can be done with regexp alias maps if you prefer.

The familyqueue handler takes care of instantiating the new list using the 
'myfamily' definition.  I'm not sure how this works when you have multiple 
robots defined and how it chooses which robot to use for the family.  
Probably it just takes it from the recipient email address.

I've not yet managed to make this work correctly either, so there are likely 
omissions or errors in the above.  Any Sympa wizards are welcome to correct 
me...

Steve


Steve Shipway
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