Notebook Keyword
Notebook= No
Notebook= Yes,where,interval|Separate,access-level[,access-level,...]
This keyword determines whether to maintain archives containing all the messages sent to the list and who is allowed to access them. The default values are "Notebook= No,A,Single,Private".
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This is the disk and directory on which the notebook files should be kept. The default value of "A" is equivalent to the main working directory of LISTSERV. On VMS and Windows servers, this is the LISTSERV MAIN directory, and on Unix servers it is ~listserv/home (or whatever value has been used in the Makefile for $LSVROOT/home). You may change this value to any directory you wish, provided that the directory exists (for security reasons, LISTSERV will not make it for you) and that LISTSERV has read-write access to that directory. Rather than use the "A" directory, L-Soft strongly recommends that you create a separate directory structure with subdirectories for each list and use a full path spec for this parameter. This is important for security purposes related to the file server functions.
Note that under Unix this parameter must point to a directory specification that is all lower-case. LISTSERV for Unix cannot write archives to directories named in upper- or mixed-case.
If your server is running the web interface, L-Soft does not recommend that this parameter be pointed to the web archive index directory.
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This parameter defines the filetype or extension of the "notebook" file for the list, as indicated below (the filename will always be the same as the list name):
Single: A single file with the extension "NOTEBOOK" is created.
Yearly: A new file is started each year, extension is "LOGyy".
Monthly: The extension is "LOGyymm".
Weekly: The extension is "LOGyymmw" (w in "A"-"E").
Separate: A separate file is kept for each mailing (e.g. announcements, newsletters). The extension is "yy-nnnnn" (sequential counter).
While you may change the notebook interval at any time, LISTSERV will not convert existing notebooks into the new interval format. For instance, if you convert from Monthly to Weekly notebooks, LISTSERV will continue to maintain your original notebooks in their monthly format, while writing any new postings into weekly notebooks. This is normal and does not affect the proper operation of your list (in particular it does not cause any breakage to the archive search feature).
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Note: In order for archives to appear in the web interface, the following requirements must be met:
- Notebooks can be "Public" or "Private" (or any other access-level).
- The notebook interval must be "Yearly", "Monthly" or "Weekly".
- The LISTSERV administrator must create an index directory for your list to store the archive files.
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The first two parameters of the "Notebook=" keyword may only be changed by the LISTSERV administrator.
It is sometimes necessary to specify multiple access-levels for the notebooks. For example, if you have many sub-lists and want the subscribers to the sub-lists to be able to access the super-list's notebooks:
- Notebook= Yes,C:\LISTS\SUPER,Monthly,Private,(SUB-A),(SUB-B)
- Notebook= (SUB-C),(SUB-D),(SUB-E),(SUB-F)
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