Hello,

On 3/02/2011 9:45 a.m., Tony Zakula wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an announcement only list setup under DList.  I have the
> setting set to collect all the bounced messages into the bounce folder
> and, I have written my own bounce processor with a script engine to
> unsubscribe bounced addresses from my database.
>
> The next thing I would like to do is be able to update my database
> with those wishing to be unsubscribed.  I noticed there seems to be a
> folder there that is named updatesHIDDEN@listName.  Will the leave
> messages be dumped in there like the bounce messages? One per file so
> that I can parse and process them? Normally you handle this on your
> website, but GMAIL seems to offer to unsubscribe people automatically.

No, but there is a global file 'join.log' which you could process to 
figure out who has unsubscribed.

>
>   I also would like to open the members file via script, delete all the
> contents, and then add all my members from a database query before
> sending a message.  Do I need to be careful about when that is
> accessed?  I do not want to conflict with SurgeMail.


Not really, as long as you are not modifying the file when the list is 
actually sending.   It will re-read the list file when it's about to 
send to the list.

Regards,
Stuart

>
> Thanks!
>
> Tony Z
>