[Mailman-Users] Customizing Help Template

Jeremy Butler jbutler at ua.edu
Sat Feb 15 18:34:02 CET 2003


I recently installed Mailman 2.1.1 and I'm interested in changing a few 
things in the help template--that is, the message sent to users when they 
send the help command (see below).

What's got me confused is the section where the actual commands are listed:

     %(commands)s

Obviously, this is a variable.  Can it be customized somehow?

Thanks!

-- help template --

Help for %(listname)s mailing list:

This is email command help for version %(version)s of the "Mailman"
list manager.  The following describes commands you can send to get
information about and control your subscription to Mailman lists at
this site.  A command can be in the subject line or in the body of the
message.

Note that much of the following can also be accomplished via the World
Wide Web, at:

     %(listinfo_url)s

In particular, you can use the Web site to have your password sent to
your delivery address.

List specific commands (subscribe, who, etc) should be sent to the
*-request address for the particular list, e.g. for the 'mailman'
list, use 'mailman-request at ...'.

About the descriptions - words in "<>"s signify REQUIRED items and
words in "[]" denote OPTIONAL items.  Do not include the "<>"s or
"[]"s when you use the commands.

The following commands are valid:

     %(commands)s

Commands should be sent to %(requestaddr)s

Questions and concerns for the attention of a person should be sent to

     %(adminaddr)s

Jeremy Butler
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