[Mailman-Users] Umbrella Lists & Subject Prefixes

[Mike Peachey]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Mike Peachey wrote:
> 
>> Mark Sapiro wrote:
>>> and add two lines after the comment so it becomes
>>>
>>> def prefix_subject(mlist, msg, msgdata):
>>>     # Add the subject prefix unless the message is a digest or is being
>>> fast
>>>     # tracked (e.g. internally crafted, delivered to a single user such
>>> as the
>>>     # list admin).
>>>     if msg.get('x-no-archive', None) == None:
>>>         return
>>>     prefix = mlist.subject_prefix
>>>
>>> If you decide to use a header other than X-No-Archive:, you'd replace
>>> 'x-no-archive' above with the name of that header.
>>>
>> That's just the solution I was looking for, but was being 
>> put off-track by the 1999 solution ...
> 
> 
> Ooops...
> 
> 
> The code above contains a mistake. It will prefix the subject only for
> messages that DO have the X-No-Archive: header. What you want in the
> if test is 
> 
>      if msg.get('x-no-archive', None) <> None:
>          return
> 
> to skip the prefix if the header is not None. Those double negatives
> will get you every time. ;-)
> 

I'm using this anyway :-)

if msg.has_key('x-no-subject-prefix') and msg.get('x-no-subject-prefix', 
'').lower() == 'yes':
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Kind Regards,

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