Thank you for this information. I was not aware of this new feature as I am not a ListServ Administrator. I am a developer looking for a better solution to our static email groups that are outdated on a regular basis in a college setting. I have passed the info to our ListServ team for their review. __________________________ Sheree Englehardt Software Developer St. Leo University (352) 588-7590 -----Original Message----- From: LISTSERV give-and-take forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Russell Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Benefits for Against using ODBC On 9/13/2010 17:41, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:57:12 EDT, Sheree Englehardt said: >> So what are you saying? You can dynamically build lists from an external >> database such as SQL Server? I did not think that was possible. But if it >> is, then I am very interested in knowing more. > > What would be the point of an ODBC interface if it didn't allow you to do this > sort of thing? :) > > Yes, it's possible - but as we've not deployed it locally yet, somebody else > will need to fill in the details. > See http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/15.5/htmlhelp/advanced%20topics/DBMSandMailMergeSupport.6.1.html#2340739 -- Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator OIT Messaging Services Team University of Notre Dame