[Mailman-Users] Some notes on mailman...

[David Smead]

I may have missed part of the discussion, but Python has modules called
mimetools and multifile which can be used to extract messages and
attachments from email.

Sincerely,

David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com.
http://www.ampletech.com.

On Wed, 17 May 2000, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:

> At 10:00 AM +0200 5/17/2000, Fil wrote:
> 
> >  > MIME content, not to reject it. If we have a case that requires
> >>  plain-text, there are de-mime scripts that can front-end the server
> >>  address and strip a MIME message to the text part.
> >
> >Can you point to a good one ?
> 
> Here's one (in perl) that works well:
> 
> 	<http://scifi.squawk.com/demime.html>
> 
> >  > 3) no -subscribe or -unsubscribe address. Priority: low. Majordomo
> >>  didn't do that, either, it was all my custom scripting. I can add
> >>  that in again.
> >
> >I've hacked this as follows : in /etc/aliases, add
> 
> ooh. using procmail. I hadn't thought of that. Very nice. Thanks!
> 
> >Thanks for your text. I think you might consider this one also : when a
> >message needs moderation, having the server send a copy of the message to
> >the admins would be o so great.
> 
> I like this; in fact, I'd go a bit further. include the message, and 
> an approval cookie. The admin can then e-mail back the approval 
> cookie (and optionally a modified version of the message), or the 
> cookie back with a reject code. that way, the moderation (with 
> message cleanup) could be done purely via e-mail, which (IMHO) isn't 
> as easy as web, but sometimes more convenient, or at least faster. 
> Not everyone has browsers available 100% of the time, although we're 
> getting closer.
> 
> -- 
> Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:chuqui at plaidworks.com)
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> 
> And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
> and say 'Man, what are you doing here?'"
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