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[Rance Hall <address@concealed>]

On 09/03/2013 12:53 PM, Tornóci László wrote:
> On 09/03/2013 06:11 PM, Rance Hall wrote:
> > I have a sympa list that has its subscriber base generated from an ldap
> > query.
> >
> > The dialog in sympa that lets me set up the details seems to work as far
> > as it goes.
> >
> > I would like to have this ldap query return both the users NAME from
> > ldap *and* the EMAIL address where it now only returns email.
> >
> > We now have a need to use a template to send out email that includes the
> > users name and their email.
> >
> > I'm confused at the sympa interface for this because I would need to map
> > our ldap field names to names sympa would like.
> >
> > I looked at include_ldap_2level_query but this looks to be not what I
> > want.  It looks to be two separate ldap queries when one ldap query can
> > provide multiple fields in its reply.
> >
> > Anybody have any ideas about how to do this correctly?
> >
> > Rance
> Hi,
>
> as far as I know, the current version (6.1.17) doesn't support what you
> want. However, there are some patches that you can use to do that. I use
> the include_ldap_2level_query successfully to provide me with names as
> well. I have attached the patch against List.pm 6.1.17 (hopefully the
> attachment gets through).
>
>                      Yours: Laszlo


I tried your patch, and I don't think it works correctly.  I entered the 
data into include_ldap_2level_query and the web interface says I haven't 
edited anything, and won't save my changes.

Rance

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