On 10/23/2017 05:02 PM, Abhilash Raj wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017, at 08:59 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: >> On Oct 23, 2017, at 11:48, Aurelien Bompard <aurel...@bompard.org> wrote: >>> >>> I wanted to rename a list (only the list_name, not the list_id) and I >>> figured I would make the transition smoother by adding an "AcceptableAlias" >>> with the old name. I did that and realized that the acceptable aliases are >>> not added to the postfix_lmtp file, as a result emails sent to the old >>> address are just bounced at the Postfix level. >>> Is this the intended behavior ? >> >> It is. The thinking is that whatever email addresses end up funneling to >> a list is really outside of Mailman’s control. That’s really part of >> your MTA’s configuration, and acceptable aliases are just a way of >> telling Mailman to expand its implicit address logic. > > As I understand, AcceptableAliases are defined as regular expressions, > what if Mailman put the values that are a valid list name to > transport_maps? Converting regex to a listname doesn't sound like a > straight forward thing to me though.
I think that's going to be too complex and error prone. > This most definitely adds some complexity for unique checks of > Listnames. I am not sure if we already check acceptable alias rules for > existing mailing lists to make sure they don't match any new list > created. We'd have to do it if we start putting acceptable aliases in > transport maps. We don't and it doesn't matter for what acceptable_aliases is intended to be used for. The background is a list can be configured (and is by default) to require_explicit_destination. which is intended as an anti-spam measure. I.e. it requires the list posting address to appear in To: or Cc: of the message and stops "To: undisclosed recipients:;" type of mail. > As a feature, it could be helpful to have multiple posting addresses for > a single List. Are there any major downsides to doing this? You can, either by aliases, .forwards or other MTA type configurations. And that's exactly what acceptable_aliases is for - to accept those alternate posting addresses as valid explicit destinations. But, I think it should be up to the installation to configure their MTAs or whatever for this. I don't thing we should be trying to generate MTA configurations for alternate list names bases on acceptable_aliases. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
