[Mailman-Users] Changing the Acknowledgment

[Richard Barrett]

On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 05:39  pm, Simon Judge wrote:

> Thanks John - I'll try upgrading then...
>
> (-:
>
> Simon
>
>

Just a couple of points to watch;

1. There is a bug in MM 2.1.2 which can foul up the handling of the the  
template hierarchy, particularly if you have list specific templates.  
The fix is in the MM CVS (which why the bug report and fix are shown as  
being closed) and should appear in MM 2.1.3. But until it does you can  
get and apply the following patch to the MM 2.1.2 source, before you  
configure and install, to correct the problem:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/ 
index.php?func=detail&aid=730769&group_id=103&atid=100103

2. Because the MM 2.1.2 qrunners are daemons and not cron jobs (as in  
2.0.13) you may have to restart them using the mailmanctl program that  
comes with MM 2.1.2. This is because, for performance reasons, the  
templates are cached within the qrunners when they are first used and  
once cached for any given list they are not reloaded; hence, changes to  
the templates on disk may pass unnoticed by the qrunner and any changes  
you make may appear to be ignored.

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John DeCarlo [mailto:jdecarlo at mitre.org]
>> Sent: 22 September 2003 17:30
>> To: Simon Judge
>> Cc: mailman-users at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing the Acknowledgment
>>
>>
>> Simon,
>>
>> 1.  The FAQ applies to Mailman 2.1.x, you say you are using 2.0.13.
>>
>> 2.  I think for 2.0.13 you can only make changes globally, by editing
>> the files in <mailman-dir>/templates/en.
>>
>> 3.  Just in case it helps, the FAQ is a little unclear, let me quote:
>>
>>    In Mailman 2.1.x you can customize the welcome message.  Create
>>    a directory lists/<yourlist>/en (assuming English :) and copy
>>    templates/subscribeack.txt to this directory.  Then edit this file
>>    for your specific wording.  Mailman will use this specialized
>>    template for the English welcome messages.
>>
>> The directory <mailman-dir>/lists/<yourlist> should already
>> exist.  You
>> are creating a new subdirectory for your language, presumably "en".
>>
>> Then any files that you copied from <mailman-dir>/templates/en to
>> <mailman-dir>/lists/<your-list>/en and edited, should affect the
>> behavior of that list.
>>
>>
>>
>> Simon Judge wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to change mailman's acknowledgement email on
>> joining a group
>>> - so I can use it for a newsletter.
>>>
>>> I followed the FAQ here:
>>>
>> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp
>>>
>>> But with no suceess.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Also, how do you change the acknowledgement e-mail's title?
>>>
>>>  (MM version 2.0.13)
>>>
>>> Simon
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
>>
>>
>>
>>
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