[Mailman-Users] Problems with Subject Generated via Invites

[Geoff Deering]

Thanks for clarifying that Mark.  That's good, but I still think it has 
a basic interface problem if one is not aware of these features and is 
just running a standard mail list.  It can be quite a problem for the 
average moderator.

Regards
Geoff



Mark Sapiro said the following on 14/01/2007 10:56 AM:
> Geoff Deering wrote:
>   
>> .  At first glance it looks like any old spammer phishing for login 
>> information.  Is it possible to modify the mass mailout subscribe/invite 
>> so there is a custom subject header?
>>     
>
>
> If you set
>
> VERP_CONFIRMATIONS = Yes
>
> in mm_cfg.py, the subject will be "You have been invited to join the
> <listname> mailing list", and the confirm token will be embedded in
> the From: address as in
>
> From:
> listname-confirm+23a6e1fdf979dd223e7466e95deb10f486ba3b79 at example.com
>
> This requires that your incoming MTA recognizes that the "+token"
> suffix in the local part is in fact a suffix and deliver a reply as if
> addressed to listname-confirm at example.com.
>
> You have some control over the form of this with the mm_cfg.py settings
> for VERP_CONFIRM_FORMAT and VERP_CONFIRM_REGEXP, but many MTA's will
> do the right thing without your having to adjust anything.
>
>