[Mailman-Users] add_virtualhost with single argument

[Mark Sapiro]

On 03/06/2017 11:43 AM, Greg Sims wrote:
> 
> I reviewed mm_cfg.py in the migration process.  I found some
> add_virtualhost statements that I am not sure do anything.  I would like to
> delete them if this is the case.  Here is one of them:
> 
> add_virtualhost('lists.raystedman.org')
> 
> It appears that mailman needs to understand the mappings between url and
> email per:
> 
> # "add_virtualhost(urlfqdn, emailfqdn)" to add new mappings.
> 
> What does having an add_virtualhost with only one parameter mean to
> mailman?  What would happen if I were to delete the add_virtualhost above?


 From Mailman/Defaults.py

> # Helper function; use this in your mm_cfg.py files.  If optional emailhost is
> # omitted it defaults to urlhost with the first name stripped off, e.g.
> #
> # add_virtualhost('www.dom.ain')
> # VIRTUAL_HOST['www.dom.ain']
> # ==> 'dom.ain'


In particular, this means that

add_virtualhost('lists.raystedman.org')

has exactly the same effect as

add_virtualhost('lists.raystedman.org', 'raystedman.org')

Also note that add_virtualhost(urlfqdn, emailfqdn) creates a mapping in
the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary from urlfqdn to emailfqdn. Thus if you have
more that one add_virtualhost with the same urlfqdn, whether or not a
second argument is provided, only the last one is effective.

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