[Mailman-Users] bad Reply-To in subscription confirmation

[Richard Barrett]

I'm running 2.0beta6.

I have found a definite bug (or is it a feature?) in the headers of 
outgoing confirmation requests.

It appears that if:

1. The user is trying to subscribe from the web interface.

2. The reply_goes_to_list option on the General Options of a list is 
set to "This list" or "Explicit address" rather than poster then a 
Reply-To header is inserted.

When the subscribing user tries to confirm by doing a simple reply, 
the reply does not get sent to the <list name>-request mail name but 
to the <list name> mail name of the explicit address.

This problem may also appear with majordomo style mail subscriptions, 
I haven't checked that scenario yet.

I'm trying to ascertain exactly why the insertion of the Reply-To 
header is not suppressed when the outgoing confirmation request is 
generated. If nobody else beats me to it I'll try and generate a 
patch to correct this. That is, unless somebody posts a convincing 
denial of the problem I'm seeing.


"DBs (Mailing List)" <dbsml at barrysworld.com>  said:
>I too get this.
>
>If you subscribe over the web interface the reply-to address is set
>correctly to listname-request. If you do it via email the -request part is
>omitted.
>
>Spent hours looking thru the python source, but being a non-python user,
>achieved not a lot :)
>
>
>Best regards
>
>DBs
>Technical Director
>http://www.BarrysWorld.com
>ICQ: 2261786
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: mailman-users-admin at python.org
>  > [mailto:mailman-users-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Chad Jones
>  > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 4:54 PM
>  > To: mailman-users at python.org
>  > Subject: [Mailman-Users] bad Reply-To in subscription confirmation
>  >
>  >
>  > Below is the header of a subscription confirmation email, the kind you get
>  > when you subscribe via email.  The reply is supposed to go to the -request
>  > address but there's a Reply-To which directs the reply to the regular list
>  > address, which triggers the "moderator approval."
>  >
>  > Is there a way to fix this or can I just turn off the confirmation option?
>  > I have about 100 new users who are going to try to subscribe today and it
>  > would be nice if I could get this to work.  I'm using mailman 2.0b6.
>  >
>  > Here is the header:
>  >
>  > Return-Path: <advisors-admin at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu>
>  > Received: from norbert.gseis.ucla.edu (149.142.5.98) by tep.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > with
>  >  ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.2.2); Thu, 28 Sep 2000
>  > 08:34:52 -0700
>  > Received: from norbert.gseis.ucla.edu (mailman at localhost [127.0.0.1])
>  >     by norbert.gseis.ucla.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1)
>  > with ESMTP
>  > id IAA00370
>  >     for <xlists at tep.gseis.ucla.edu>; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:37:01 -0700
>  > Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:37:01 -0700
>  > Message-Id: <200009281537.IAA00370 at norbert.gseis.ucla.edu>
>  > Subject: advisors -- confirmation of subscription -- request 661850
>  > From: advisors-request at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > To: xlists at tep.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > X-Ack: no
>  > Sender: advisors-admin at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > Errors-To: advisors-admin at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > X-BeenThere: advisors at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta6
>  > Precedence: bulk
>  > Reply-To: advisors at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu
>  > List-Help:
>  > <mailto:advisors-request at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu?subject=help>
>  > List-Post: <mailto:advisors at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu>
>  > List-Subscribe:
>  > <http://lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/mailman/listinfo/advisors>,
>  > <mailto:advisors-request at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu?subject=subscribe>
>  > List-Id: <advisors.lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu>
>  > List-Unsubscribe:
>  > <http://lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/mailman/listinfo/advisors>,
>  > <mailto:advisors-request at lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu?subject=unsubscribe>
>  > List-Archive: http://lists.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/pipermail/advisors/
>  >
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