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Subject: Re: Digest question
From: Vera Henriksen <vera @ christ . acu . edu . au>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 94 13:00:30 EST
To: mike @ nowaksg . chem . nd . edu (Mike Buening)
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <9406021935.AA23762@nowaksg.chem.nd.edu>; from "Mike Buening" at Jun 2, 94 2:35 pm

> 
> 
> I'm sure the Majordomo wizards in the group are tired of digest questions
> now but the information on how to set it up is just not dummy proof I'm
> afraid.  Anyway here goes:
> 
> I'm using Majordomo 1.62 to run a couple of mail lists.  There have been
> requests that these lists be available in digest format.  So I got the
> digest.shar file and extracted it.  I've set up all the aliases just like
> in the firewalls example Brent included in the shar file.  I've also setup
> the .cf file and the .header, .trailer, .num and .vol files as well.
> So here's my question: I am successfully archiving the mail messages and
> a digest file called 001 (vol=1 and num=1) is being created with the
> messages in it.  But how do I send this digest out now.  The list-digest
> aliases are in place but I don't know what the list-digest-send alias
> really does and how do I send this 001 file to the members of the digest
> list.  I'm assuming a cron job that runs each evening is the way to go but
> I'm not sure yet how to set it up properly.  I guess the cron job will ahve
> to increment the vol and num files as well.  Finally, do the mail messages
> have to be archived using the list-archive alias or can you just use the
> list-digestify alias alone?  I'm planning on keeping the digested versions
> around for a couple of weeks at a time before they are wiped out (I guess
> another cron job) but I don't need each file to be archived unless that's
> necessary for digest.  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
> 
> Mike
> | Mike Buening			Why's the rich man busy dancing           |
> | Beamer (the monster cocker)   while the poor man pays the band?         |
> | mike@nowaksg.chem.nd.edu					          |
> 
> 

	Please give 1 copy of the solution as well I have the same problem
	with you except that It created those files and send every mails to
	group instead of 1 mail / day

	Thank in advance,

-- 
        
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	~  Vera Henriksen   (CE)                 ~ 
	~  vera@christ.acu.edu.au                ~
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