[xmail] Re: Bug in command line parsing

2003-01-23 Thread shrevie
Yeah, you can bet I'll be more careful with command-line parameters in the future :) But guys, let's kill this thread It's pointless. It's true that Xmail has some less-than-good error messages, but I've got Xmail on three separate networks on eight different servers, and I can tell you th

[xmail] Re: Bug in command line parsing

2003-01-23 Thread shrevie
I didn't think you COULD omit the space -- it was pure human (as in, me) error But realistically, I think at some point it would be a good idea to have stronger parsing of that command-line to either handle this or generate an error to the user -- whatever makes sense design-wise. The alter

[xmail] Bug in command line parsing

2003-01-21 Thread shrevie
In Xmail V1.11 (I assume this is so in other versions), I ran across a minor bug in how Xmail parses its command-line on start-up. If you DO NOT put in a space after the -Mr flag (which controls the # of hours it takes the logs to rotate), the Xmail service will die the first time it tries to wri

[xmail] Implementing Subscribe/Unsubscribe to List via Email

2003-01-13 Thread shrevie
I'm new to Xmail, but I do have a functioning evaluation server up and running and it seems excellent. I have one question, though, and I suspect the answer might be simple but I just don't see it in the docs: How do I implement a subscribe/unsubscribe control mechanism via email for a mailing