[Mailman-Users] Create List Aliases

[Darragh Gammell]

Charles
Sorry for the confusion. That was me creating a list with a name that just
wouldn't be used anywhere else. My query was regarding the RHS section of
the alias listings.
The wwqq is just random typing from me so that it was a unique name.




Thanks Mark for your input. For the sake of providing a solution I restored
from backup tape and here's what the difference was:


In the file: /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Utils.py


I changed this section: (default install)

def _makealiases_mailprog(listname):
    wrapper = os.path.join(mm_cfg.WRAPPER_DIR, 'mailman')

    aliases = [(listname,          '"|%s post %s"' % (wrapper, listname)),
               ]
    for ext in ('admin', 'bounces', 'confirm', 'join', 'leave', 'owner',
                'request', 'subscribe', 'unsubscribe'):
        aliases.append(('%s-%s' % (listname, ext),
                        '"|%s %s %s"' % (wrapper, ext, listname)))
    return aliases


To This:

def _makealiases_mailprog(listname):
    wrapper = os.path.join(mm_cfg.WRAPPER_DIR, 'mailman')

    aliases = [(listname,          '%s at lists.blah.net.au' % (listname)),
               ]
    for ext in ('admin', 'bounces', 'confirm', 'join', 'leave', 'owner',
                'request', 'subscribe', 'unsubscribe'):
        aliases.append(('%s-%s' % (listname, ext),
                        '%s-%s at lists.blah.net.au <s-%25s at lists.blah.net.au>'
% (listname,ext)))

    return aliases




Or to reiterate the exact same thing in an easier to read way:

I changed this line:       aliases = [(listname,          '"|%s post %s"' %
(wrapper, listname)),
to this:                        aliases = [(listname,          '%
s at lists.blah.net.au' % (listname)),

and this line:               '"|%s %s %s"' % (wrapper, ext, listname)))
to this:
'%s-%s at lists.blah.net.au<s-%25s at lists.blah.net.au>'
% (listname,ext)))


Its now creating the aliases the way it was prior to the upgrade.

Thanks

Darragh


On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Charles Marcus
<CMarcus at media-brokers.com>wrote:

> On 10/7/2008 9:51 PM, Darragh Gammell wrote:
> > # STANZA END: darragh
> >
> > After the upgrade its adding entries like:
> >
> > # STANZA START: darraghwwqq
> >
> > Can someone please indicate where I've gone wrong
>
> wag of the day...
>
> I have seen many mysterious problems caused by using vi when editing
> config files. These 'wwqq' characters (wq = write-quit in vi) are
> suspicious - is this change intentional?
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
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