[Bug 1325568] [NEW] pseudo anonymous list feature

[Christian Burger]

Public bug reported:

Hey there,

I wanted to have a pseudo anonymous list. Meaning: The sender's e-mail
address is rewritten to the list's address, but the name in "From:" is
set to the member's name stored in the mailing list database. It's an
extension to the "anonymous_list" feature.

Let's say we have a list 'exlist' sending from "examplelist at example.com"
with a member "John Doe" writing from "john at example.net". If his name is
set in the mailing list configuration, and "anonymous_list" as well as
the "pseudo_anonymous_list" feature is turned on, the original "From:"
in John Doe's messages is rewritten to "John Doe
<examplelist at example.com>". So his e-mail address stays private, but the
message can be recognized easily as being from him.

I don't know if that goes against any standards. Maybe it should be
"John Doe via exlist <examplelist at example.com>" to emphasize the it is a
list message. Just a thought.

I didn't find a configuration providing that feature in mailman -- hope I did not overlook anything. I attached a small patch based upon
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/revision/1436

I could take a shot at integrating it into the latest revision of the
2.1 branch if there is any interest in that feature. If you want to try
the patch, you have to execute 'bin/withlist -r
add_pseudo_anonymous_list -a' for old lists to have the new
configuration value.

I did not test the feature thoroughly, but it seems to work on my
server.

Thanks and bye, Christian

** Affects: mailman
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Patch added: "patch based upon branch 2.1 (rev 1436)"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1325568/+attachment/4124119/+files/pseudo_anonymous_list.patch

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