[Mailman-Users] Editing my list's messages to clean them ofunwanted text.

[Mark Sapiro]

Agustín Barahona wrote:
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>I've just moved to Mailman, but I stayed very disappointed when --despite I was told by a friend that it was perfectly possible to do the same things than in Majordomo-- I've seen the messages couldn't be edited, like it was done in Majordomo. Nevertheless, I'm sure it has to exist a way to edit them and then send them with the same intact and original headers, and that is why I'm writing this message.
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>How could one be able of editing or modifying those messages sent by my users to my Mailman lists? Thank you very much in advance for your answers.

This is number one under list administration on the wishlist of new
features <http://www.list.org/todo.html>.

In the mean time, it can be done, but it is awkward and involved to do.
See the FAQ at
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.009.htp>
for some suggestions as to how.

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