[Mailman-Users] Problem with https:// admin interface URL

John W. Baxter jwblist at olympus.net
Fri Aug 27 18:19:26 CEST 2004


On 8/27/2004 5:31, "Kai Schaetzl" <maillists at conactive.com> wrote:

>> It's not that simple.  SOME of the things you can put into mm_cfg.py apply
>> only to new lists.
> 
> You mean NOT only? That's exactly what makes it so confusing, the overall
> changes which apply to all lists change immediately, the others don't.
> However, if I dump a list configuration it's not there either. So, where is
> it? Is it in the pickle file, but not dumped?
Well, what I said works either with or without the NOT...some values are in
the only for new lists category; some aren't.  It does take a while to get
used to the paradigm...but what is gained is the ability to update to a
newer Mailman without losing your local values (for both the
only-applies-to-new-lists things and the others).

The dumpdb program isn't smart enough to censor things...if it doesn't show
up, it's not in the list's file.


> No, there aren't any comments regarding this. Also, Default.py isn't really a
> good place to put this in.
> 
>> # NEVER make site configuration changes to this file.  ALWAYS make them in
>> # mm_cfg.py instead, in the designated area.  See the comments in that file
>> # for details.

I didn't say to put anything into Defaults.py.  But you often want to look
there, since that is where the variables are found, with comments, which you
can copy into mm_cfg.py for modification.  (I always copy the comment along
with the varible name.)

Sample comments from Defaults.py:
#####
# General system-wide defaults
#####


#####
# Virtual domains
#####

# Set up your virtual host mappings here.

[several skipped]

#####
# List defaults.  NOTE: Changing these values does NOT change the
# configuration of an existing list.  It only defines the default for new
# lists you subsequently create.
#####

So...you would look in this section for the values which affect only new
lists.  And more...
#####
# Digestification defaults.  Same caveat applies here as with list defaults.
#####

And more
#####
# Bounce processing defaults.  Same caveat applies here as with list
defaults.
#####


And the a couple more without the "Same caveat" note, and then a section you
should clearly leave alone (although it can be very useful as a reference).




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