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Stan Ryckman <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:44:33 -0400
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At 02:05 PM 8/25/97 -0400, Alperin, Glenn wrote:
>>An associated question (and perhaps I've missed something in the
>>manual):
>>
>>        Could we not have a command to change an address? This is not a
>>killer, but would save some typing:
>>        CHANGE listname [log in to unmask] [to] [log in to unmask]
>>pw=...
>>
>>and
>>
>>        CHANGE *      " " " " "
>
>This is already possible, and the syntax would be as follows:
>
>QUIET DELete user@domain
>QUIET ADD user@domain first_name last_name
>
>yeah, its two commands instead of one, but it is still possible to do
>quite easily.

Aside from the missing listname which you already noted, to do it
"correctly" also requires retrieving the subscriber's settings (such
as DIGEST, REVIEW, CONCEAL) via query, and then set the ones that
don't match defaults.  That's more commands, and more than one email.

Cheers,
Stan

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