On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:54:25 -0600, "Matt Deatherage"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We run a private mailing list where we would like to "moderate"
>subscription requests. That is, we don't want to moderate postings to
>the list, but we want an opportunity to approve or decline requests to
>join the list.
>
>LetterRip Pro 4.05b11 doesn't offer this functionality, so I went to
>look at processors. There appear to be no sample Mac OS X processors.
> Of the five that are available for Mac OS X, three are "read-only"
>and can't be examined, and two have nothing to do with subscribers.
>
>I'd prefer to do this via Apple events and AppleScript rather than
>generating E-mail to the requests address, but I can't find any
>documentation, samples, or pointers. Even simple AppleScript commands
>like "make new subscriber" fail with a very generic LetterRip-supplied
>error "LetterRip failed to process the event."
>
>Where should I look for information on how to filter subscription
>requests, either by processor or AppleScript or in the program itself?
Oddly enough, this was not an April Fool's request. Doug Gentry was kind
enough to reply with stuff about Web site scripting that doesn't apply to us,
and then asked off list what it is we're trying to do. To that, I said:
***
Essentially, I want a *lightweight* way to either add people to the list or
filter requests to do so, useful from within FileMaker or from a Scripts menu
or anywhere else.
Doing it via E-mail means:
* generating an E-mail
* sending it (different if within FileMaker vs. without, depending on
E-mail client in use, etc.)
* having LetterRip process it and log it
* dealing with the reply E-mail, either by eating it or filing it
On the server end, unless I send directly to LetterRip and bypass the EIMS
front end, it also means forwarding the message through one more hop. This is
just a lot of overhead and logging and text and replies to deal with when all I
want is something like:
tell application "LetterRip_Server"
make new subscriber at end of address list "Private List Addresses" Â
with data {name:"John Doe", email address:"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"}
end tell
No matter how you slice it, that's about 20X easier to implement and maintain
than *anything* that sends and receives E-mail.
***
If we're going to have to implement everything by sending E-mail to a requests
address, it's time for us to consider Mailman, because for that much work it
offers a lot more features (archives on the Web, individual confirmation of
posts, copies of your own posts or not, either MIME or traditional digests on a
per-user basis, "Urgent:" header support to bypass digests, and lots more).
Of course, it's a pain to set up and configure, and LetterRip has been very
easy to administer for the most part. But if we're going to have to go through
the pain to get the subscription management we want, we might as well bite the
whole bullet instead of half of one, no?
I prefer no projectile chomping of any kind, of course, so I ask again: Is
there a simple, non-Email way on a local network to add (and preferably remove)
subscribers, either via a processor or AppleScript or *anything* other than
generating E-mail to the "requests" address?
Thanks!
--Matt
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