Thanks for your detailed response. If I want to do
list moderation for some of the lists then can this be
done using just a DISTRIBUTE job ?
Iam assuming you will need to create lists for this. 

>Using
> LISTSERV lists in this
> way (daily update, where you never intend to keep
> and manage the lists in
> LISTSERV) is simply a lot of extra work to go to.

Do you mean additional scripting/programming or the
load that it would generate on the listserv ? I was
planning on running a nightly job for this...

-Senthil

--- Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 19:12:45 -0700, Senthil
> Rajasekharan
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> >From the various listserv docs that I have read,
> >one-way announce only lists seem to capable of
> doing
> >this ??
> 
> They can, yes.
> 
> >I was suggested to use the listserv DISTRIBUTE job
> >with either a DBMS backed or "traditional list"
> >subscriber base. Assuming, Iam using a "traditional
> >list" to get the recipient list using the
> >DBMS=LIST(XYZ) option of the DIST command, 
> 
> DISTRIBUTE job mailings and List mailings are 2
> mutually exclusive ways to
> send out mailing jobs.  Use one or the other.  
> 
> >Do I need to create a separate list for each
> >newsletter ?
> 
> Yes, if you use list mailings.  No, if you use
> DBMS-based DISTRIBUTE job
> mailings.  (See Chap 3 and Chap 4.6 of the LISTSERV
> Developers Guide).
> 
> >The recipient list changes every day and management
> of
> >this subscription base is done outside of listserv.
> Is
> >a bulk ADD and bulk DELETE the best option to
> update
> >the recepient list and keep it current?
> 
> No.  In this case you would probably do better to
> use DBMS-based DISTRIBUTE
> job mailings, using a SELECT statement, pulling
> addresses directly from the
> database.  I am assuming that subscription
> management is done in the
> database.  I am also assuming there is some database
> field that determines
> which newsletter(s) a subscriber should get.  Using
> LISTSERV lists in this
> way (daily update, where you never intend to keep
> and manage the lists in
> LISTSERV) is simply a lot of extra work to go to.
> 
> >How do I control where the bounces of each
> newsletter
> >go ? Is this something that I can do at each list
> >level or at the job level ?
> 
> List-level if using mailing lists.  Job-level if
> using DBMS-based DISTRIBUTE
> job mailings.  (See Chap 3.5.1 of LISTSERV
> Developers Guide).
> 



		
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