Editing MailList.lst

mmitchell57 · Post by **mmitchell57** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:25 am

Is there any way to edit the mail.lst file via a binary reader / editor? I have a bunch of different email address sets that show up when I edit some tests. A bunch of them are are old sets and when ever I update a set, it makes a whole new group.

How do I delete these old set of Email Addy's from the alerts? I have a lot of different email sets.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:40 am

You cannot edit binary file.
If you have many different mailing lists, in future I would recommend to use global macro variables instead of static addresses.
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... m#udvmacro

Regards
Alex

mmitchell57 · Post by **mmitchell57** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:28 am

Is there anyway to clean out the old ones so I don't have a list a mile long to dig through? Can I delete the file and the application will create a new clean one?

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:41 am

Well, you may remove actions.lst or take one from installation package.
In such case you will lose all your action profiles!!

BTW: there is no mail.lst file. HostMonitor does not use such file.
What exactly addresses do you want to change? I though you are talking about "send e-mail" action...

Regards
Alex

mmitchell57 · Post by **mmitchell57** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:51 am

I'm sorry, I meant to type the MailList.lst file located at C:\Program Files\HostMonitor4. I was assuming it is the one that maintains the emails that you type into send alerts too.

I'll try and explain where the addresses are at. If you go to edit a test; configure alert profiles; Edit a send email action; in the To: field. There is a down arrow. When I click it it shows a series of Distribution Lists. If I go in and change one character in one of the DL's, it will make a new DL and add it to the top. So, if I make 5 single changes at 5 different times i'll have 5 DL"s in this series. I want to delete / remove all the DL's in this list that I don't need because of changes due to retirements or employment change. How do I got about cleaning that DL list out?

I was assuming it was in the MailList.lst location due to the name. If it's somewhere else, please let me know what to do to clean this up.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:32 am

I'm sorry, I meant to type the MailList.lst file located at C:\Program Files\HostMonitor4. I was assuming it is the one that maintains the emails that you type into send alerts too.

MailList.lst contains mail templates.
There is list of all files used by HostMonitor
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... m#TechInfo

I'll try and explain where the addresses are at. If you go to edit a test; configure alert profiles; Edit a send email action; in the To: field. There is a down arrow.

Action profiles stored in actions.lst file

There is a down arrow. When I click it it shows a series of Distribution Lists. If I go in and change one character in one of the DL's, it will make a new DL and add it to the top.

Distribution List? Its simply combo box that allows you to choose address that already was used so you can save your time on typing. Its not a distribution list, its sort of history list.

I want to delete / remove all the DL's in this list that I don't need because of changes due to retirements or employment change.

You don't need to remove that items

Simply type new address in the field. That's it

Regards
Alex

mmitchell57 · Post by **mmitchell57** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:43 am

I want to delete / remove all the DL's in this list that I don't need because of changes due to retirements or employment change.

You don't need to remove that items

Simply type new address in the field. That's it

Regards
Alex[/quote]

Alex, thank you for the reply. Just curious though, is there any way to clean that list out? It looks a mess and since it only shows the first 30 or more characters, a lot of my entries looks the same. When I go into update one entry, it takes the changes. When I go to another test and attempt to select the same entry from the list for another test, i have to guess and pray that the one I pick is right. it's no huge biggie, just a nicety.

Once again, I appreciate the help.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:52 am

Its not much space in that dialog window and its not very easy to redesign everything because the same windows is used for 30 actions....

If you need to use the same address for various actions, then I would recommend to use global macro variables.
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If you have many different mailing lists, in future I would recommend to use global macro variables instead of static addresses.
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... m#udvmacro

Regards
Alex
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greyhat64 · Post by **greyhat64** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:40 pm

Alex,
I have to agree with mmitchell57. Whether it's the mail list he's describing or oher text boxes that utilize a history list, they often become cluttered with unnecessary entries.
Even IE allows me to right click an entry and delete/remove it from the list.

Alternatively, you could allow HM to self clean entries that go unused after ## of days. The number of days could possibly be defined in the [Options]/Misc. section. A button to Clear history could also be included here.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:12 am

Actually HostMonitor does not store old items, it does not track history for each action modification. It shows items that are in use by other actions of the same type

Regards
Alex

mmitchell57 · Post by **mmitchell57** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:47 am

Ok, so if I go in and clear out all the email addy's from all the alerts, that list should empty out? I'm going to go in and try it out now.

mmitchell57 · Post by **mmitchell57** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:52 am

Ok, you're right! Thank you for explaining that. Now I don't mind going through and updating the email stuff manually until I can get the variables working for me.