File format for subscribers

All of the subscribers to the newsletter have their own information contained within a single file. This file is contained in the system configuration directory within the CGI directory. Each subscriber has a single record within this file describing themselves and which advertiser it was that referred them to the newsletter.

Each subscriber's record occupies a single line in the file and is comprised of a sponsor field, e-mail address field, message bounce field, and sponsor payout field. The layout of each record is: 

[date of registration] "sponsor", "e-mail address", bounced messages, paid out yet?
Example:
[888188296] "kingkong", "kong@donkey.com", 0, yes
The data shown above represents the following subscriber:

Date of registration: 888188296 (Feb 22, 1998, approx 3:00pm)
Sponsor: kingkong
Users e-mail: kong@donkey.com
Bounced msgs: 0
Sponsor paid yet: Yes