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["Engels, Jan" <address@concealed>]

Dear Sivert,

thank you for the quick reply.

If I understand you correctly the reminders are sent at a fixed date to
all subscribers, even if some of them subscribed one day before the expiration
date is reached, i.o.w. the subscription date of each user is not taken into
consideration for the check, is this correct?

One more question, if I choose to set the option:

"Periodical subscription expiration task" (to yearly)

The Documentation for this option says:

"This parameter states which model is used to create an expire task. An 
expire task regularly checks the subscription or resubscription date of 
subscribers and asks them to renew their subscription. If they don't they are 
deleted."

My question is: After the subscriber receives a reminder, how much time
does he/she has to renew the subscrition (before being deleted)? If I
understand the templates correctly (see snippet below), I would guess
it's 4 weeks, is this correct?

Cheers
Jan Engels


cat /usr/share/sympa/default/list_task_models/expire.yearly.task
title.gettext expiration routine run yearly

/STEP1
@selection = select_subs (older ([creation_date]-1y))
send_msg (@selection, expire_warning1)
next ([execution_date]+3w, STEP2)

/STEP2
@selection = select_subs (older ([creation_date]-1y))
send_msg (@selection, expire_warning2)
next ([execution_date]+1w, STEP3)

/STEP3
@selection = select_subs (older ([creation_date]-1y))
@deleted = delete (@selection)
send_msg (@deleted, expire_deletion)
stop ()




----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sivert Hatteberg" <address@concealed>
> To: address@concealed
> Sent: Thursday, 29 June, 2017 10:08:42
> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Periodical subscription tasks

> On 06/29/2017 09:23 AM, "Engels, Jan" wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> there are 2 Options in the "Miscellaneous" section:
>> 
>> Periodical subscription reminder task
>> Periodical subscription expiration task
>> 
>> for which I have found some documentation:
>> 
>> https://demo.sympa.org/sympa/help/listconfig#other
>> 
>> However, from the documentation i could not figure out if the
>> reminders are sent at a fixed time to all users or if sympa
>> sends the reminders on a users basis, taking into account the
>> subscription date of each user.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sympa generates a task file for each list with a reminder under
> "spool/sympa/tasks/"
> 
> The time for each reminder is the creation time of the current task +
> the interval time specified.
> 
> The default taks are stored under:
> default/list_task_models/remind.*
> 
> # cat remind.monthly.task
> title.gettext remind message sent to subscribers every month
> 
> /INIT
> next([execution_date]+1m,EXEC)
> 
> /EXEC
> @selection = select_subs (older([execution_date]))
> send_msg (@selection, remind)
> next([execution_date]+1m,EXEC)
> 
> 
> --
> Sivert Hatteberg