[Mailman-Users] problem with subscription confirmation string

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Christopher Adams writes:

 > If I send a message to test7-request and add the word 'subscribe', I get a
 > message back like this:
 > 
 > From: test7-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; on behalf of;
 > test7-confirm+38d558c77e170cac9b8412a0db13b13e0560cc93 at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<test7-confirm%2B38d558c77e170cac9b8412a0db13b13e0560cc93 at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>

It looks to me like the '+' in the address (the part bracketed by
'<>') has been URL-escaped.  (The part outside the '<>' is irrelevant
to the confirmation process, that's garbage added by Outlook.)  If it
gets sent back that way, you will lose.

"Friends don't let friends use Outlook."

Especially not if the friend has postmaster responsibilities.