[Mailman-Users] howto ignore body of join/subscribe requests

[Yinen Yang]

Hello Mark, thanks for the reply.  I am using Approval Only for subscription 
requestions.  (I would like to fully automate the subscription process 
(while keeping it silent) but that is another issue. hehe)

Here is the response I get from Mailman:  This response comes immediately 
after the administrator (me) gets the announcement Email that a new member 
is waiting for approval.  Thus showing the subscription request was ok and 
completed successfully but I still get the "Results of Your Email Commands" 
email.    The reponse:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject : 	The results of your email commands

The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your
original message.

- Results:
    Your subscription request has been forwarded to the list administrator
at subs-owner at MAILMAN for review.

- Unprocessed:
     Below is the result of your feedback form.  It was submitted by
     (xxxxx at hotmail.com) on Friday, February 25, 2005 at 14:12:32
    
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Name:: test name
    Phone:: 555-555-5555
    Found us from: MSN
    Keyword: test
    More info on: test
    Addl Info: test
    Form from Site: Submit
    
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Done.


From: <xxxx at hotmail.com>
To: subs-join at MAILMAN
Subject: Website Request
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 7:12 PM

Below is the result of your feedback form.  It was submitted by
(xxxx at hotmail.com) on Friday, February 25, 2005 at 14:12:32
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Name:: test name

Phone:: 555-555-5555

Found us from: MSN

Keyword: test

More info on: test

Addl Info: test

Form from Site: Submit

---------------------------------------------------------------------------



>From: Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>
>To: "Yinen Yang" <yinenyang at hotmail.com>, mailman-users at python.org
>Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] howto ignore body of join/subscribe requests
>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:57:03 -0800
>
>Yinen Yang wrote:
>
> >Hi, I have recently installed mailman and have it all working except for
> >this one small problem. I use a web-based Form to get user information on 
>my
> >website. When the form is submitted a copy of all the input goes to my 
>email
> >address and I also have a copy going to list-subscribe at mailman. This
> >automates the joining of my list.
> >
> >The problem is that my web form sends text in the body of the email. 
>Mailman
> >is accepting the subscribe request like it should, but then it attempts 
>to
> >read the rest of the email as commands. Since the email isn't filled with
> >commands it bounces the "failed" commands back to the subscriber. This 
>means
> >the automation process generates an ugly email of "failed" commands each
> >time somebody joins my list.
> >
> >Is there a way to make Mailman not try to read the body of a 
>subscribe/join
> >request as more commands?
>
>If the subject of the mail is "end" without the quotes, Mailman won't
>attempt to process anything in the body, but it will still echo the
>body as unprocessed commands. It will work similarly if the first line
>of the body is "end".
>
>I'm a bit confused though because normally, nothing after the first
>failure will be attempted and the rest will be unprocessed anyway.
>Also, I suspect you don't require user confirmation because in my
>testing, I only get a "The results of your email commands" reply if
>subscription fails for some reason (e.g. I'm already subscribed). If
>the subscription request is successful, the only mail I get is the
>subscription confirmation request.
>
>--
>Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
>San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>

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