Spencer,

I would also like to have that script.

Thanks

Kamal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warhurst, SI (Spencer)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: Generating a database of list owners


> I wrote a Perl script with a simple CGI web interface that can be used to
do
> a live search of all the list headers for owners. It will either produce
> unique or non-unique owners (it only shows the email address, not the
name)
> and it non-unique owners is selected it can show the listname aswell. It
> also outputs results to a text file, which can be used to bulk-add to a
list
> or load into database apps such as MS Access.
> It runs on Windows, but probably just changes to the drive paths would be
> required for it to work on other systems.
> If you want a copy of the files let me know and I'll send you them.
>
> --
> Spencer Warhurst
> Listserv Service Manager
>
> JISCmail -> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: UB Listserv Admin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 01 July 2002 21:18
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Generating a database of list owners
> >
> >
> > Whoops, that was supposed to read:
> >
> > "There's NO database in listserv that has that."
> >
> > -Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > Mitch,
> >
> > There's database in listserv that has that. You need to create
> > it on your own.
> >
> > We did something similar, like this (flavor for your particular OS):
> >
> > 1) Start with a list of all files ending in .list
> > 2) Do a foreach on the list - for each .list file, use "listview" to
> >    view the header and grep out only the "Owner= " lines.
> > 3) Append the "Owner= " lines to a new file.
> > 4) Use awk or sed to strip out everything other than the
> > email addresses.
> > 5) Make your new "owners only" list and bulk add the
> > addresses from the file.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > -Jim
> >
> > --
> > Jim Serwinowski                 [log in to unmask]
> > UB Listserv Administrator       http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Mitch Rerek wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:41:22 -0400
> > > From: Mitch Rerek <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Reply-To: LISTSERV give-and-take forum
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Generating a database of list owners
> > >
> > > Is there a method within ListServ to generate a 'list' of
> > the all list owners?
> > > One of our administrators wants to track all list owners we
> > host here and be able to contact them by using a list.
> > > Is there a central list owners file that we could copy and
> > setup such a list?
> > > Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > Mitch Rerek
> > > Senior Information Technology Consultant
> > > OIT Customer Support
> > > West Virginia University
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > (304) 293-4444  ext 2256
> > >
> > > Remember the jalopy driver's rule:
> > >     " If it's running don't fix it! "
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>