On 04/15/2017 08:53 AM, Paul Mosher wrote: > > However, if I move the command from the subject line to the message body > (leaving the subject line empty), as in: > > Subject: <blank> > > (and in the message body:) > who <admin password> > end > > I get NO RESPONSE at all from the server -- neither an error message nor > the correct result of the command, as if the my email is being discarded > by the server. And if I do it this way:
I have to look at this some more, but you should get a 'The results of your email commands' response in any case. > Subject: who request > > (and in the message body) > who <admin password> > end > > THEN I do get a reply but it is an error message: > "You are not allowed to retrieve the list membership." > > which seems to me to indicate that the server is trying to interpret the > subject line, sees the word "request" as an incorrect password, and then > doesn't check the message body at all. > > According to the mailman documentation the command should work if it is in > either place in the email: > "Commands can appear in the subject line or the body of the message." > [1]http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node10.html The most up to date version of this manual is at <https://wiki.list.org/DOC/Mailman%202.1%20Members%20Manual>. I just added a note to <https://wiki.list.org/DOC/Mailman%202.1%20Members%20Manual#A3.2_The_email_interfaces> about the body needing to be text/plain. > So that's my first question. What did I do wrong? I'm a bit confused, but the message to this list to which I'm replying was sent as a text/html only message with no text/plain part. Commands in the body of a message to the list-request address must be in the first plain text (text/plain) part of the message. Mt confusion is if there is no text/plain part, you should receive a 'Ignoring non-text/plain MIME parts' message in the 'The results of your email commands' response. > (2) As to subscribing (not inviting) subscribers via email, my > understanding is that adding subscribers via email is not possible. Is > that correct? That is correct. The email interface for administrative tasks is limited to approving/discarding held posts about which the admin has received a notice. -- 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
