On 12/18/08 10:42, Mark Sapiro wrote:
X has no way to manipulate the message's metadata which is
initialized by the post script invoked by the wrapper.
Ok.
What this means is that without modifying Mailman in some way, the
Approved: header is the only tool available.
*nod*
Now, the wrapper is pretty simple. When it is invoked via
/path/to/wrapper post LIST
all it does is set the effective group to 'mailman' (or whatever your
Mailman group is), check that 'post' is a valid command, and invoke
scripts/post with the rest of the arguments (i.e. LIST and whatever
follows).
...
So, if you could arrange for mm-handler or whatever to pipe the gated
message to
/path/to/wrapper post LIST fromusenet
That can be done.
you could modify scripts/post to detect this additional argument and
add fromusenet=1 to the metadata when it queues the message.
Ok... That is assuming I can hack enough Python to pull this off. But
in theory it sounds good. :) And I like it.
Of course, this may be insecure depending on just how you arrange for
the additional argument to be added since others besides the
newsgroup may be able to invoke this.
I acknowledge this potential spam exploit and I'm willing to accept the
ramifications. Seeing as how this is a closed system with only a few
admins having access, I'm not all that worried.
Grant. . . .
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