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Subject: Re: Problem with "group writable"
From: Roderick Padilla <rpadilla @ gsu . edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:38:13 -0400
To: Dan Liston <sonny @ sonny . org>
Cc: Dan Liston <dliston @ netscape . com>, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <390607ED.5C61CA19@sonny.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004201043010.15760-100000@main.zetokat.com.pl><4.2.2.20000424193425.00d64680@pop.cis.gsu.edu><4.2.2.20000425104729.00d03ab0@pop.cis.gsu.edu><4.2.2.20000425144057.00d02900@pop.cis.gsu.edu>

At 04:02 PM 4/25/00 -0500, Dan Liston wrote:
>The reason test.archive.0004 is created is because of the way you have your
>outgoing alias written.
>...-outgoing: "|/object_research/system/majordomo-1.94.4/wrapper archive2.pl
>         -a -m -f 
> /object_research/system/majordomo-1.94.5/archive/test.archive"



>This tells the archiver that the base filename (not directory) is
>test.archive which the -m adds a suffix of .0004 to.  If you send an
>index test
>command to majordomo, does it find the test.archive.0004 file?

nope .. it comes back with ...

 >>>> index cba-employers
#### No files available for cba-employers.
 >>>>


>Here again, to prevent line length problems for sendmail, and to keep
>aliases easier to read for me


I use a GUI (WEB) interface in Sendmail that makes it very easy to maintain 
....

>, I create two additional aliases and use them in my
>$ougoing alias.
>
>test-archiver, and test-digestify.  I also use a creation date in my alias
>for the outgoing deliveries.
>
>test:   "|/var/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test test-000425,nobody"
>test-000425: :include:/var/majordomo/lists/test,test-archiver,test-digestify
>test-archiver:  "|/var/majordomo/wrapper archive2.pl
>         -f /var/majordomo/archive/test/test -M -a"
>#note - this creates test.200004 in /var/majordomo/archive/test/
>test-digestify: "|/var/majordomo/wrapper digest
>         -r -C -l test-digest test-digest-000425"
>#note - this creates ### files in /var/majordomo/digests/test-digest/
>test-digest: test
>test-digest-000425: :include:/var/majordomo/lists/test-digest
>
>Owner, request, and approval addresses ignored for the moment.
>

Is there anything wrong with the way I have it?  .. Need experienced opinion.

>All messages sent to test are distributed immediately to subscribers of
>test.
>Since you still have 001, 002, 003 in the $digest_work_dir, the digest has
>not been sent immediately.  When it IS distributed, it is sent to the email
>addresses in test-digest, not the email addresses in test.
>
>Digests can be sent "automatically" based on settings in test-digest.config.
>Age:   digest_maxdays =

Mine is set to 1

>Size:  maxlength =
>Lines: digest_maxlines =

both are the same .... and still sending immediately. What is wrong .. do I 
need values on each or at least on one like I have.

>If any of these values is "exceeded" a digest is created and sent.  If you
>want a daily digest via cron, set these values high enough not to interfere
>with cron.  Any time a digest IS created, your ### files are removed from
>/object_research/system/majordomo-1.94.5/digests/test-digest/

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