samba - Oct 1997 - Receiving individual messages

Does anybody know if it's possible to receive Samba list e-mail messages
individually instead of as the digest? I find it very difficult to sort out
what's interesting from what isn't when I have to search through the
digest.

Nick Parker
Berger-Levrault, France

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Nick Parker wrote:
> Does anybody know if it's possible to receive Samba list e-mail
messages
> individually instead of as the digest? I find it very difficult to sort out
> what's interesting from what isn't when I have to search through
the digest.
> 
Hi,

You could export the entire digest and then break it up as follows:

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#!/bin/csh
#
# mail digest reformatter
#
set FORMATTER = formail
set BIN_DIR = /usr/local/bin
set path = (/bin $BIN_DIR)
#
if ( -x $BIN_DIR/$FORMATTER ) then
	if ( -e $HOME/tmp/bsdi ) then
		cat $HOME/tmp/bsdi | $FORMATTER -ds >> $HOME/mail/bsdi-users
		rm $HOME/tmp/bsdi
	else
		echo No bsdi-users digest
	endif
	if ( -e $HOME/tmp/samba ) then
		cat $HOME/tmp/samba | $FORMATTER -ds >> $HOME/mail/samba.list
		rm $HOME/tmp/samba
	else
		echo No samba.list digest
	endif
else
	echo $BIN_DIR/$FORMATTER not found
	exit 1
endif
exit 0
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formail comes as part of the procmail package.


---
Peter Blake
ppb@hft.co.uk
ppb@baloo.tcp.co.uk

Thank-you to everybody who replied to my question about receiving individual
messages instead of the digest. To summarise the way of doing it, you send
the message
    set samba mail ack
to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au if you want to receive your own messages as
well, or
    set samba mail noack
if you don't.

Several people pointed out that this is indicated in the help system.
Unfortunately the help system is only a help if you already understand how
to do it. It doesn't make clear that the ack/noack messages are for
receiving individual messages.

Nick Parker
Berger-Levrault, France