[Mailman-Users] Help customizing VERP_CONFIRM_REGEXP

[Pablo Montepagano]

THANK YOU! Worked like a charm. I owe you a beer, at least. :)

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net> wrote:
> On 07/17/2014 08:28 AM, Pablo Montepagano wrote:
>>
>> When confirmations are sent, the FROM header does not follow this
>> pattern "Mailman <listaddr-confirm+cookie at example.org>", it just has
>> the addres, i.e, "listaddr-confirm+cookie at example.org". I wolud like
>> to add the "Mailman <" to the beginning and ">" at the end.
>
>
> There are two ways to accomplish something like what you want. To do it
> only in mm_cfg.py, there's no way to add the trailing '>', but you could set
>
> VERP_CONFIRMATIONS = Yes
> VERP_CONFIRM_FORMAT = '(Mailman) %(addr)s+%(cookie)s'
> VERP_CONFIRM_REGEXP =
>  r'(?s)^\(Mailman\) (.*<)?(?P<addr>.+)\+(?P<cookie>[0-9a-f]{40})@.*$'
>
> That last should all be on one line. Also the "[0-9a-f]{40}" instead of
> "[^@+]+" is not a necessary change, but it fixes a problem if the list
> name contains a '+'
>
> The above will create a From header "(Mailman)
> listaddr-confirm+cookie at example.org and the regexp will recognize it in
> replies, although the two MUAs I tried (Thunderbird and Mutt) will
> address the reply to "Mailman <listaddr-confirm+cookie at example.org>"
> which will be recognized by the default regexp.
>
> The other way involves editing Mailman/MailList.py and changing
>
>     def GetConfirmEmail(self, cookie):
>         return mm_cfg.VERP_CONFIRM_FORMAT % {
>             'addr'  : '%s-confirm' % self.internal_name(),
>             'cookie': cookie,
>             } + '@' + self.host_name
>
> to
>
>     def GetConfirmEmail(self, cookie):
>         return 'Mailman <' + mm_cfg.VERP_CONFIRM_FORMAT % {
>             'addr'  : '%s-confirm' % self.internal_name(),
>             'cookie': cookie,
>             } + '@' + self.host_name + '>'
>
> This will produce a From: of "Mailman
> <listaddr-confirm+cookie at example.org>" which will be recognized by the
> default regexp, so only
>
> VERP_CONFIRMATIONS = Yes
>
> is needed in mm_cfg.py.
>
> --
> Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
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