>
> 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.
This is where you could have trouble, not from a technical standpoint
but from an administrative one.
I maintained one of these lists for years and the addresses were
contained in a separate database on a different system in another state.
One problem was that I didn't want two databases, one that was in Dlist
and one that was in the main office's server. So if the email address
was changed in one, it should be changed in the other.
Another problem was that not all bounces are fatal bounces, meaning that
a "mailbox full" bounce message doesn't mean that I want to delete the
email address. Maybe after three months or tries or something, but not
on the first one.
For me, I used a low tech solution.
Setting up for a new message was easy. Ran a query on the database to
get a new list, deleted old list addresses and pasted in the new
addresses since it is a text file.
This can also be done remotely in the HTML interface page. You should be
able to script this easy enough, but I was always afraid that a
Surgemail update would break it and with a list of ~5,000, mistakes can
be embarrassing.
Bounces were more time consuming. I set up a way to collect the bounce
messages, then I would glance at each one and make a decision as to what
to do.
A list of bad addresses was compiled and sent to the office where they
could either run a script or manually delete the bad addresses.
Since there is no standardization of bounce messages, I don't know how
one would do it otherwise.
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.
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tony Z
>
>
>
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