see, I told you Gordon would take care of you :)
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Charles Galpin wrote:
>
> > (even though the curren tversion of the script calss sendmail directly.
> >
> > It would be trivial to use the script I suggested if you just dump your
> > email list to a flat file (in any repectable format)
> >
> > It would be a little more work to have it talk to the db.
>
> If you use DBM's or Perl's DBI, it would be more work.
yes, although when I wrote that I was really thinking about talking to his
existing (was it access) db.
> The dirty way
> would be to call the mysql tool and read in its output. Pipes rule :)
don't forget quick.
> I modified the script you linked to in another post to do just that. It's
> attached.
excellent!
> ( A proud programmer would use Net:SMTP and Perl's DBI and proclaim these
> things to be good. They are, but I'm more interested in stuff that works
> without a lot of fuss. ;)
don't get me wrong, I totally agree - how do you think that script came
about in the first place? It was a quick and dirty hack to fill a need.
Perhaps my comments about Net::SMTP were misplaced. I guess I'm just
trying to encourage good programming practices. I'm not saying I follow
them all the time myself :)
> MSG
charles
_______________________________________________
Redhat-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
