There are two changes here:
The first one is to introduce a hook to fail list creations if some test
doesn't succeed.
It might be better to roll than in the current MTA module as a separate
option method, I just couldn't find how to test for the presence of a method
in a class
Why do I need this? On my systems at VA, I check that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't conflict with an existing
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
More explicitely, I do this:
if Utils.list_exists(listname):
usage(1, 'List already exists: ' + listname)
fd=os.popen("expn " + listname + "@valinux.com")
file=fd.read()
tofind=re.compile("USER UNKNOWN")
if not tofind.search(file):
print "mail.valinux.com already has an email matching " + listname + "@v
alinux.com"
sys.exit()
The second addition simply creates an empty dir for pipermail so that people
stop telling me that the list archive link is broken when the list is empty.
--- newlist.mailman Sun Dec 9 21:10:39 2001
+++ newlist Sun Dec 9 22:32:24 2001
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@
listpasswd = listpasswd.strip()
if not listpasswd:
usage(1, _('The list password cannot be empty'))
+
+ # Allow for check and a possible reject before the list is created.
+ if mm_cfg.MTA_PRECHECK:
+ modname = 'Mailman.MTA.' + mm_cfg.MTA_PRECHECK
+ __import__(modname)
+ sys.modules[modname].create(mlist)
mlist = MailList.MailList()
try:
@@ -162,6 +168,12 @@
modname = 'Mailman.MTA.' + mm_cfg.MTA
__import__(modname)
sys.modules[modname].create(mlist)
+
+ # Create an empty directory for pipermail (stops the URL not found when
+ # you try to view the archives of a list that hasn't had posts yet)
+ dirpath = paths.prefix + '/archives/private/' + listname
+ os.mkdir(dirpath)
+ os.chmod(dirpath, 02775)
# And send the notice to the list owner
if not quiet:
Marc
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