Re: [Mailman-Users] Bug: couldn't subscribe to dev list by simplyreplying
Geoff Shang wrote: I just tried again to subscribe to the developers list and discovered that you couldn't confirm your subscription just by replying. The message text implies that the confirmation key should be in the subject, but the confirmation key was in the From address of the confirmation message (see below). Replying simply send me a message telling me that the subject line was being ignored. It seems the confirm code was also ignored. Not sure how it's meant to work but it's the first time I've had to resort to clicking on the URL. What is supposed to happen is you reply; your MUA sends a reply to mailman-developers-confirm+519716b18b6d4ddef39fd87d0e5abdf8c5ced...@python.org This is received and posted to the command queue where it is processed by CommandRunner which parses the token from the To: address and invokes cmd_confirm to do the confirmation. There are two ways this works in general. If the site's VERP_CONFIRMATIONS setting is No (the default) the confirmation is From: listname-requ...@... with Subject: confirm token, and the reply is to the listname-requ...@... address with the confirm command possibly preceded by Re: in the Subject:. This works. If the site's VERP_CONFIRMATIONS setting is Yes as it is at python.org, the confirmation is From: listname-confirm+token@... with Subject: Your confirmation is required to join the listname mailing list, and the reply is to listname-confirm+token@... and this should work too. If you received a reply that your message Subject was ignored, either the To: address didn't match VERP_CONFIRM_REGEXP or the reply wasn't sent to the -confirm address, or the site's MTA doesn't correctly deliver mail addressed to listname-confirm+token@... . I don't think it's the third alternative in this case. If the above doesn't explain what went wrong, post the message you received in reply to your reply. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Mailman-Users] Bug: couldn't subscribe to dev list by simplyreplying
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Mark Sapiro wrote: There are two ways this works in general. If the site's VERP_CONFIRMATIONS setting is No (the default) the confirmation is From: listname-requ...@... with Subject: confirm token, and the reply is to the listname-requ...@... address with the confirm command possibly preceded by Re: in the Subject:. This works. This is what I've seen in the past. If the site's VERP_CONFIRMATIONS setting is Yes as it is at python.org, the confirmation is From: listname-confirm+token@... with Subject: Your confirmation is required to join the listname mailing list, and the reply is to listname-confirm+token@... and this should work too. But it didn't. I don't remember having problems signing up to this list, but that was 4 months ago so I don't really remember. At any rate, the confirmation message text is incorrect for this configuration. If you received a reply that your message Subject was ignored, either Actually, to be precise, it said that it was unprocessed. the To: address didn't match VERP_CONFIRM_REGEXP or the reply wasn't sent to the -confirm address, or the site's MTA doesn't correctly deliver mail addressed to listname-confirm+token@... . I don't think it's the third alternative in this case. Well I still have the message I sent: Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:30:24 +0200 (IST) From: Geoff Shang ge...@quitelikely.com To: mailman-developers-confirm+519716b18b6d4ddef39fd87d0e5abdf8c5ced...@python. org Subject: Re: Your confirmation is required to join the Mailman-Developers mailing list If the above doesn't explain what went wrong, post the message you received in reply to your reply. Sorry, I don't still have it. But I guess I could generate one. At any rate, it's not a good advertisment. Geoff. -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://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: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
