[Mailman-Users] True anonymous list?

[Michael Balamuth]

Actually, after reading the Python source for Cleanse.py I don't understand
why the system doesn't do what I want by default when the list is "flagged"
as an anonymous list.  It is not really clear from the web management
interface what flags the list as anonymous, but I thought it was the
'yes/no' radio button associated with "Hide the sender of a message,
replacing it with the list address (Removes From, Sender and Reply-To
fields) (Details)" the last entry on the privacy screen.  I have this set to
yes and it does not strip the reply-to or received from header????  Thanks
very much for your replies.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd F. Tennison [mailto:lloyd_tennison at whoever.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:21 AM
To: Michael Balamuth; mailman-users at python.org; Ed Greenberg
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] True anonymous list?

Actually it is simpler than that.  Just put that in the Handler Cleanse, 
like so: (at the bottom)


 # We delete all these extra Headers because I don't want them 
    del msg['X-URL']
    del msg['X-Mailer']
    del msg['X-Priority']
    del msg['Subject']
    del msg['received']

Then put the subject back in:

    msg ['Subject'] = 'Whatever You Want'

The only drawback is that now all of the subjects will be the same.

> You could deliver the mail to a script that extracts the subject and body 
> and then reposts it to the list, coming from a generic user.
> 
> If you want to restrict posting to members, you could look up the actual 
> from address in the list before forwarding the post.
> 
> Would that meet your needs?
> 
> </edg>
> 
> 
> 
> --On Friday, May 07, 2004 1:10 PM -0400 Michael Balamuth <mlb at chroma.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello list,
> > We have been using Mailman 2.0.13 for quite some time, but never with
the
> > intention of creating a genuinely anonymous mailing list.  Now, we have
a
> > reason to do so, but I have been unable to completely hide the
originator
> > (poster's) email address from the headers of the sent mail.  Obviously,
> > anyone knowing how to read the headers will find the address of the
> > poster. So, is there a way to make a list anonymous even at this level?
> > Any help appreciated.  For completeness, I believe I have followed the
> > FAQ's and help and set explicit-reply to and hide posters address etc.
> > correctly... Maybe not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael Balamuth
> > mlb at chroma.com
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Thanks.

Lloyd F. Tennison
lloyd_tennison at whoever.com

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