[Mailman-Users] Timestamp on approved msg

[Mark Sapiro]

Bill Christensen wrote:
>
>Is there a way to change the timestamp on mail to moderated lists to 
>display the time it is approved/sent by Mailman instead of the time 
>of the orignal sender's post?


Only by changing the source code, and it isn't a good idea. RFC 2822
Sec. 3.6.1 [1] specifies the meaning of the Date: header and says in
part:

   The origination date specifies the date and time at which the
   creator of the message indicated that the message was complete
   and ready to enter the mail delivery system.


>Sometimes there's a fairly long lag between the original post and 
>when it goes to the list, and the list mail displays "below the fold" 
>(out of sight) in busy user's mailbox.  In some cases that lag is 
>intentional in order to release announcements at the most 
>advantageous time.  If it's not visible in the user's box it kinda 
>defeats the purpose.


You could look at Mailman/ListAdmin.py at the point where it adds the
X-Mailman-Approved-At: header to an approved message. You could also
add a Resent-Date: header, and your user's MUAs may sort on that.

Some MUAs can sort on order received. You could suggest that your users
set their MUAs to do that.

[1] http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2822.html

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