WOWZERS.. I never knew I'd result in such a big fuss..
well I'm sorry I didn't quite understand, what should I do with this file you sent me (approve.patch.txt) ?? where should I put it and what to name it and what to do with its permissions n stuff? I'm sorry I'm still zero in tghis stuff.. Thanks .. > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:59:49 -0700 > From: m...@msapiro.net > To: khillo...@hotmail.com; mailman-users@python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Approved: password header! > > Khalil Abbas wrote: > > > >my suggestion is, before I had the honor to use outlook I had Smartermail .. > >they have a cool feature of approving messages with passwords is to use it > >in the subject line itself : "[password: PASSWORD] Subject bla bla bla".. > >then it removes the password part of course .. > > > > > > > >why don't you guys do the same? it sure beats adding a custom header and > >stuff .. because in html messages it's really hard to do that !! > > > We do. Just not in the subject. > > As long as the incoming message has a text/plain part (i.e. is either a > text/plain message or a multipart/alternative message with a > text/plain alternative, we recognize and delete "Approved: passord" if > it is the first non-blank line of the body. We also attempt to delete > the line from any other body parts in which it appears, but in > pathological cases, this may fail, so test first. > > If your clients insist on posting HTML only messages and can't add an > actual Approved: header to the message, then you can try patching > Mailman/Handlers/Approve.py to recognize "[Approved: password]" in the > Subject: header. The attached Approve.patch.txt file contains a patch > that might do it. > > I'll consider this as a feature for Mailman 2.2 > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photo-gallery-edit.aspx ------------------------------------------------------ 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
