[Mailman-Users] Adding a description to the "<listname>-bounces"address

[Mark Sapiro]

Ralph Prichard wrote:
>
>We have some Outlook users, and as this FAQ describes...
>
>http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/From+field+displayed+by+Microsoft+Outlook
>
>...they see the Sender info glued to the From info.
>
>Please note:  we're perfectly happy with the <listname>-bounces address 
>itself (I mention that because my searches turned up several people 
>asking if it was possible to change.)
>
>All I'd like to know is if it's possible to add a descriptive string to 
>that address.  In other words, configure the Sender line to be something 
>like...
>
>Sender:  The Interesting Example List <example-bounces at example.com>
>
>...instead of what it apparently is now...
>
>Sender:  example-bounces at example.com
>
>Even just being able to insert the "description" value from the General 
>Options page would help.


The FAQ you reference talks about altering or removing a "msg['sender']
= envsender" line in SMTPDirect.py.

If you want to insert the description, you could make this line say

    msg['sender'] = '%s <%s>' % (mlist.description, envsender)

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