URL in List info text is suddenly "quoted" HTML
It's probably easiest to see what I mean when you look at
https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
one of the lists I manage. The link "<A HREF=.... ............</A>" is suddenly `shown'
(because the "<" etc are quoted in the html source).
How can this happen? As ML administrator, I've simply edited the list information [text box] shown on the ...../mailman/admin/ess-help page.
Any ideas ? Could it be a problem of the web server software (apache)?
Please continue CC'ing me on the subject, since I'm not subscribed to mailman-users.
Regards, Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> http://stat.ethz.ch/~maechler/ Seminar fuer Statistik, ETH-Zentrum LEO C16 Leonhardstr. 27 ETH (Federal Inst. Technology) 8092 Zurich SWITZERLAND phone: x-41-1-632-3408 fax: ...-1228 <><
That's the problem, you "simply edited the list information bit".
This is what is on your page....
<br>For more info, see the <A HREF="http://www.analytics.washington.edu/statcomp/projects/ess/">; ESS site</A>. <br>
This is what it should read..... (in html)
<br>For more info, see the <A HREF="http://www.analytics.washington.edu/statcomp/projects/ess/">ESS site</A>. <br>
-- Regards Hilton
Quoting Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>:
It's probably easiest to see what I mean when you look at
https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
one of the lists I manage. The link "<A HREF=.... ............</A>" is suddenly `shown'
(because the "<" etc are quoted in the html source).
How can this happen? As ML administrator, I've simply edited the list information [text box] shown on the ...../mailman/admin/ess-help page.
Hi,
"Hilton" == Hilton J Ralphs <mailman-users@think.co.za> on Wed, 5 May 2004 19:50:40 +0200 writes:
Hilton> That's the problem, you "simply edited the list information bit".Hilton, you misunderstood:N I did what every list maintainer is supposed to do:
Goto http://........./mailman/admin/<listname>/general , i.e. the "General Options" administrative page, with its two-column setup of
Description Value
with the many "boxes" on the right hand 'Value' side a list maintainer fills in. In this case we are talking about the one simply called 'info' (the fifth from the top). On its left side, it says
An introductory description - a few paragraphs - about the list. It will be included, as html, at the top of the listinfo page. Carriage returns will end a paragraph - see the details for more info. (Details for info) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ this is a link and if click on the "Details for info" I get a page with URL https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/admin/ess-help/?VARHELP=general/info
with the content starting as
ESS-help Mailing list Configuration Help info Option
info (general): An introductory description - a few paragraphs - about the list. It will be included, as html, at the top of the listinfo page. Carriage returns will end a paragraph - see the details for more info.
The text will be treated as html except that newlines will be translated to <br> - so you can use links, preformatted text, etc, but don't put in carriage returns except where you mean to separate paragraphs. And review your changes - bad html (like some unterminated HTML constructs) can prevent display of the entire listinfo page.
Which clearly allows to put into HTML things.
And this used to work for many years -- as said I don't think it's a mailman problem but a problem of the interaction of web-server (apache) <-> mailman
When I put in HTML code, I __ of course __ don't use the '&qout;' or '<' entities that become used on the ......../listinfo page !
Yes, I know the following (and mentioned it by saying ".. are quoted in the html source" below). But I think you forgot that this HTML page is *generated* by mailman/python from some "list database" (into which I haven't looked).
Hilton> This is what is on your page....
Hilton> <br>For more info, see the <A
Hilton> HREF="http://www.analytics.washington.edu/statcomp/projects/ess/">
Hilton> ESS site</A>.
Hilton> <br>
Hilton> This is what it should read..... (in html)
Hilton> <br>For more info, see the <A
Hilton> HREF="http://www.analytics.washington.edu/statcomp/projects/ess/">ESS site</A>.
Hilton> <br>
Hilton> --
Hilton> Regards
Hilton> Hilton
Hilton> Quoting Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>:
>> It's probably easiest to see what I mean when you look at
>>
>> https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
>>
>> one of the lists I manage.
>> The link "<A HREF=.... ............</A>" is suddenly `shown'
>>
>> (because the "<" etc are quoted in the html source).
>>
>> How can this happen?
>> As ML administrator, I've simply edited the list information
>> [text box] shown on the ...../mailman/admin/ess-help page.
Hello,
I am sure this has already been addressed but I couldn't seem to get it sorted out form the archives.
What I need is a footer or my choosing to be on every email that goes out. I typed in what I wanted in the digest and non digest admin area, But when I send out emails, the footer is not there
How can I make a footer text that will be added to every email that goes out?
Thanks!
Sean
At 4:48 AM -0500 2004/05/06, Sean Carnahan wrote:
What I need is a footer or my choosing to be on every email that goes out.
No problem. Standard feature of Mailman.I typed in what I wanted in the digest and non digest admin area, But when I send out emails, the footer is not there
What version of Mailman are you using? Have you looked through the FAQ? Perhaps the answer at <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.005.htp> will be of use.
How can I make a footer text that will be added to every email that goes out?
See the page above. If that doesn't solve the problem and the other entries in the FAQ also don't help, maybe there's something else going on.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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Martin Maechler wrote on Wed, 5 May 2004 17:19:44 +0200:
As ML administrator, I've simply edited the list information [text box] shown on the ...../mailman/admin/ess-help page.
You didn't edit the whole page? It looks weird on other parts as well. F.i. on top there is <FORM Method=POST ACTION="https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help"> English (USA) </FORM> <FORM Method=POST ACTION="https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/subscribe/ess-help">
which means the first FORM tag doesn't serve any purpose.
As for listinfo, I think I recall it was said that you cannot use HTML in any of the web interface fields. I may be wrong.
Kai
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