[Mailman-Users] Generic non-members rejection notice

[David Reynolds]

On Nov 21, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Speedy Gonzalis wrote:
>> At 03:33 AM 11/21/2004, Jim Tittsler wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 02:03:13PM +0000, Robin Becker wrote:
>>>> I see this question asked, but haven't seen a reply. Is there any 
>>>> way to
>>>>  change the response message that non-members receive when 
>>>> rejection is
>>>> the chosen action?
>>>
>>> They receive the message in Mailman/Handlers/Moderate.py's
>>> do_reject() (or the translation of that message from the
>>> correct language catalog).
>>
>> It looks to me that this is the automatic rejection of non member 
>> posts.
>>
>> Where is the default message located that is sent when someone 
>> selects "reject" from the held messages screen.  By default it sends 
>> a message that says "No reason given".
>
> It's in Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py (or the appropriate language
> translation).
>
> In this case, you're expected to provide the message if you want one.

This strikes me as more than a little odd, since the admin page 
provides a reason why a message was flagged for moderation...

> Click on the message number to view the individual message, or you can 
> view all messages from webmaster at drbott.com
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> [1] 	Subject: 	blah
>   	Size: 	1251 bytes
>   	Reason: 	Post by non-member to a members-only list
>   	Received: 	Mon Nov 22 12:55:10 2004

When flagged with the 'reject' radio button, shouldn't the listed 
reason be passed on to the original poster?

Or is the reason just a guideline for the moderator, and must be 
manually specified for every message no matter which action (accept, 
defer, reject, discard) is chosen?

David Reynolds
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