[Mailman-Users] changing the 'welcome message' ??

[Dan Mick]

> > > Seriously, if you
> > > know how to edit the 'welcome message' that gets stuff 'prepended' to it I
> > > would much appreciate your input.  Thanks,

To edit the other stuff, change templates/subscribeack.txt.
It will affect every list (of course), though, so if you don't
want that, you may have a problem.

I've added this, for instance:

*** subscribeack.txt.prev       Fri Dec  3 22:27:38 1999
--- subscribeack.txt    Fri Dec 17 19:25:53 1999
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  Welcome to the %(real_name)s@%(host_name)s mailing list!
! %(welcome)s
  To post to this list, send your email to:
  
    %(emailaddr)s
--- 1,12 ----
  Welcome to the %(real_name)s@%(host_name)s mailing list!
! 
! SAVE THIS MESSAGE!!!  YOU WILL NEED IT TO UNSUBSCRIBE!!!!
! 
! IT CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS AND A PASSWORD THAT YOU WILL NEED TO 
! UNSUBSCRIBE!!!
! 
! REALLY!  SAVE THIS MESSAGE!
! 
  To post to this list, send your email to:
  
    %(emailaddr)s
***************
*** 34,36 ****
--- 41,45 ----
  
  You may also have your password mailed to you automatically off of the
  Web page noted above.
+ 
+ %(welcome)s