On 03/20/2015 05:27 AM, A.K. Eyma wrote: > While in the topic of replying, why does mailman put the > "Re:" before the [listname]? Or rather inserts the list > name after the Re: ? (For you send it out as "Re: The right way") > >> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] The "right" way to reply to a mailing >> list
Actually, this is not Mailman in many cases. Consider that you receive a list post. Mailman has prepended the subject_prefix so it come to you with Subject: [Mailman-Users] The "right" way to reply to a mailing list You reply and your mail client adds Re: to the beginning of the Subject: so your reply is sent to Mailman with Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] The "right" way to reply to a mailing list Now Mailman sees the Subject: already contains the prefix and does no further modification. Actually, that's a simplification of what Mailman does, but the result is the same. However, since Mailman 2.1.6 there is a site option to manipulate the prefix so it always comes first and optionally contains a sequence number. The site can set OLD_STYLE_PREFIXING to No in mm_cfg.py and subject prefixes will always be added/moved to at the beginning of the subject. Additionally, and regardless of the site option, a list admin can include a %d replacement in subject_prefix, e.g., set it to [Listname %d] and this will both force the prefix to the beginning and add a sequence number to the prefix. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
