Dennis Putnam wrote: > >Mark Sapiro wrote: >> Still, if you can use VERP_CONFIRMATIONS, it would make the code >> modifications simpler because of the way the address is generated. The >> difference is without VERP_CONFIRMATIONS, the message is >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> with >> >> Subject: confirm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... >> >> and with VERP_CONFIRMATIONS it is >> >> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> with >> >> Subject: Your confirmation is required to ... >> >> Of course, if the local part suffix is included in the length >> restriction, this only makes it worse and can't be used. >> >Since I don't know what the implications of VERP_CONFIRMATIONS are, I >have reason to not try it. :)
The implication is exactly what I said above. The aditional implication is that a reply which is addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] has to be delivered the same as if it were addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The length restriction is on the mailbox name or rather the user name >(everything that precedes the '@'). Since Mailman doesn't use mailbox delivery, why do you have an issue with these names at all? >> Does the munging need to be done for all lists in the installation? Is >> it done in the same way for each list? I.e. is list-request always >> mapped to listreq or does the mapping vary depending on list. Can the >> mapping be deduced programmatically, or would it have to be looked up in >> a table? >> >Actually no. There is only 1 list that otherwise exceeds this limit. The >mapping can be deduced programmatically. It is simply the list name >prepended to 'req' rather than prepended to '-request'. I'm not convinced you even need to do this. How does your MTA actually deliver to Mailman? -- 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
