This explains why your patch didn't work for me! I was trying to turn off the "your email command was successful" emails that get sent back when the user subscribes to a listserve. From what you've said below, the patch addresses some other issue.
Thanks for your time, - Deepali On Dec 11, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Ben Swihart wrote: >> >> My problem is resolved, as far as this particular use of mailman. >> However, if you set mailman to show the None option and select it, >> that >> appears to cause the e-mail command results bug. > > > Aaahh - the light dawns. I didn't realize the 'command results' email > was in response to the 'subscribe' email. I thought it was in response > to a 'confirm' email. > > So, yes, if you have ALLOW_OPEN_SUBSCRIBE = Yes in mm_cfg.py and have > the list's subscribe_policy = None, you will get both a welcome > message and a 'results of your email commands' message in response to > a successful 'subscribe' command. Both the base code which avoids > sending a response to a successful 'confirm' if a welcome will be sent > and the patch which I sent which avoids responding to all successful > 'confirms' only address 'confirm' commands, not 'subscribe' commands. > > So yes, it may be a bug in that it is not necessary to send a > 'results' > message if the subscribe requires no confirmation or approval and a > welcome will be sent, but it is not a bug in the sense of code not > working as intended, because it was never intended to recognize this > case and not send the results. > > However, I'm still confused about unsubscription confirmation. The > list's subscribe_policy shouldn't affect this. It is affected by > unsubscribe_policy in that if unsubscribe requires moderator approval, > no user confirmation is required, but otherwise, confirmation is > required unless the users password was provided in the email > unsubscribe command or the user logged in and unsubscribed from the > options page. > > Perhaps it is a cPanel modification to allow unconfirmed unsubscribes > when subscribe_policy is None. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > Mailman-Users@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users% > 40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/ > deepali%40infocypher.com > > Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py? > req=show&file=faq01.027.htp ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
