mailaddresses with bad characters (resent)
i have posted this message before, but got no replies. it is really a problem for me.
hi list
running my mailman-list, i have come into following problem: some user prefer extra-cool (aka stupid ??) email-addresses like cool^man@coolplanet.com
i cannot subscribe these addresses (as administrator, i do not know, whether they can subscribe themselves -- but i am porting my lists to mailman so this is my task)
are there any possibilities to do so ?? or do i have to teach my users to avoid such names ?
if the solution is obvious, please tell me (even a "READ THE FAQ AGAIN !!" might help) if it is embarrasing, please tell me so too. but please, give me some(!) answer
mfg.d.sar IOhannes
WorkAround: put the users address in your local /etc/aliases file: cool-man_coolplanet: cool^man@coolplanet.com
Then subscribe him to your lists using: cool-man_coolplanet@localhost
You also might want to follow up with a note telling him what you are doing, but that is up to you. The alternative is to upgrade to the beta version of mailman. Don't quote me but I think this is already fixed in that version. I know the issue (under a different guise) came up 4 months ago. Some special characters are illegal on the domain side of the "@" but are perfectly within spec on the user side.
Jon Carnes
-----Original Message----- From: IOhannes zmoelnig [mailto:zmoelnig@iem.kug.ac.at] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:23 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] mailaddresses with bad characters (resent)
i have posted this message before, but got no replies. it is really a problem for me.
hi list
running my mailman-list, i have come into following problem: some user prefer extra-cool (aka stupid ??) email-addresses like cool^man@coolplanet.com
i cannot subscribe these addresses (as administrator, i do not know, whether they can subscribe themselves -- but i am porting my lists to mailman so this is my task)
are there any possibilities to do so ?? or do i have to teach my users to avoid such names ?
if the solution is obvious, please tell me (even a "READ THE FAQ AGAIN !!" might help) if it is embarrasing, please tell me so too. but please, give me some(!) answer
mfg.d.sar IOhannes
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
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