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 > Mailtalk -> http://www.mailtalk.ac.uk > > > > -----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! " > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > >