[Mailman-Users] Changing content before approving message

[Kory Wheatley]

Jon Carnes wrote:

> Do you have root (or mailman command line) access on the box?  If so,
> then you can simply edit the waiting file in the queue.  It's very
> simple and works every time.
>
> Otherwise, there are some older patches - which probably still work -
> that allow you to edit the message via the web interface and then
> approve it.
>
> The problem with the 2.0x series of Mailman is that the message you see
> in the web interface is a partial copy of the message that is actually
> in the queue.  In order to edit via the web-interface you need to load
> the entire message into the web-interface and then on approval, dump out
> the contents of the web-form into the queue (deleting or overwriting the
> current queued up message).
>
> Good Luck - Jon Carnes
>
> On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 19:00, Kory Wheatley wrote:
> > Is there a way when the moderator receive a message, and before he
> > approves it to be sent to the mailing list, to change the content and
> > the from address in the message and then send it to the list with these
> > changes or updates in place.
> >
> > I thought there was a command that you could use  to "Approved:
> > listpassword" to change the content with.
> >
> > There are times that we need to change the body and the from address of
> > the pending message before it can be approved.
> > Please help this is real critical and I would appreciate any
> > information.
> >
> > We are using RED HAT  7.2 with python 1.5.2 and mailman 2.0.13
> >
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These older patches that your are referring to, do you know where there at. I
don't really know what to look for in the searchable archives.
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