On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Layne Russell wrote:
> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:24:03 -0800
> From: Layne Russell <layne@sonic.net>
> To: j4cd@cron-2.mco.on.ca
> Cc: majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM
> Subject: Re: forcing digests
>
> I asked:
>
> > > 1) What is the procedure with 1.94 to force a digest to be made? Was
> > > the command changed? Or is there something else going on I need to know
> > > about? (I haven't configured my lists yet...I'm working on that.)
> >
> > echo mkdigest listname-digest password | mail majordomo@server.com
> >
> > Works for me. You can also set the variable in listname-digest.config
> > to number of days to get one generated automatically.
> >
> > Other method would be to place commands in "cron" file.
>
> thanks! great info. (but what's a cron file?!)
> could you show me what to enter when entering this into the config file -- say
> for a daily digest? I would then not have to do anything with the length
> configuration, right? would putting it into the config file be better in any
> way than putting it in the cron file? does it matter?
I think just setting the listname-digest.config variable:
digest_maxdays = 1
To get a daily digest would be easier than using a cron entry.
I'm pretty sure that if you make changes to a cron entry you
have to stop the cron and restart it, or reboot the system before
they take effect.
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