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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 23:57:07 GMT
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- From: "Daniel C. Newman" <DAN@INNOSOFT.COM>
- Subject: RE: MAILSERV
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- > I just set up a mailing-list and have been interested in the recent
- > thread on MAILSERV and command access. The recent info on the mapping file
- > seemed helpful until I tried to implement it. I'm running PMDF 4.1 on VMS 5.4
- > with dead simple non-compiled pmdf.cnf file (Single off campus Multinet
- > Channel). Can somebody please point me at the correct documentation, section
- > 3.4.1 Locating and Loading the mapping file - says "This file is read once
- > during program initialization and loaded into an internal string table."
- > Unfortunately this doesn't make sense to me. I have created a mappings file
- > which is pointed to by pmdf_mappings_file but the contents do not seem to
- > affect the behaviour of my mailserv.
-
- I don't know how to make the sentence,
-
- This file is read once during program initialization and loaded...
-
- any clearer without expending four or five sentences. Only possible rewording
- I can imagine is to say "image activation" in place of "program
- initialization". All that is being stated here is that the mapping file is
- loaded when a program begins running.
-
- > I do have the mailserv working as far as subscribe, unsubscribe and
- > use of the mailing list goes but I am trying to get send/list and subscribe
- > for a third party working for sysop types.
-
- What are the errors you're getting? You've doubled check to insure that you
- do not have a compiled configuration (issuing the command "$ DIRECTORY
- PMDF_CONFIG_DATA reveals no files)? Also, did you make sure that the mapping
- file is world readable? You can test the mappings with PMDF TEST/MAPPING
-
- $ pmdf test/mapping
- Enter mapping name: MAILSERV_ACCESS
- Input string: SENDLIST|dan|ned@sigurd.innosoft.com
- Output string:
- Output flags: [0,89]
- Input string:
-
- The output flags indicate the ASCII index of any metacharacters (e.g.,
- $Y = 89).
-
- Dan
-