[Mailman-Users] Disabling quoting of original messages sent to "request"

[Steven Bonisteel]

Thanks, Terri Oda and Mark Sapiro for the responses.

The pointer to CommandRunner.py allowed me to quash the copied input for now.

(I had to do something, as the issue was getting our server into CBL and so largely hobbling all our lists.)

But I agree with Terri that the result is not ideal -- and probably confusing -- for legitimate users of the request address.

We are lucky (I guess) in that we have an otherwise tightly controlled, custom front end for subscriber management and that the only time *most* legitimate users interact with the 'request' address is when Replying to a subscription confirmation. (And that may be the step where a cc: of the original message is least informative.)

Regards,
Steven


At 06:56 PM 6/11/2009, Mark Sapiro wrote:

>In Mailman 2.1.x, only by modifying the the Results.send_response()
>method in Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py. If you want to do this, post
>that fact, and I can suggest a patch.

At 05:52 PM 6/11/2009, Terri Oda wrote:

>Are you sure you want to just disable the quoting?  I know the spams are obnoxious, but at least right now your users can tell that the spammer is the culprit.  If you take that part out, then they may assume your installation of mailman is at fault, or that they somehow sent something out, which could be even more confusing than just receiving the spam copy is.

 
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