[Mailman-Users] (pipermail versus ...) To join a conversation fromthe web interface

[Edward Harvey]

> Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>
>> Presently, I'm using pipermail.  I'm open to suggestions.
>>
>> This question is pretty complicated, so probably the best answer I  
>> could
>> possibly get is to know how pipermail gets called, so I can go try  
>> and read
>> its source and stuff.  So I can dig into it myself.  At present, I  
>> have no
>> idea what process generates the html from the mbox.
>
>
> The archiver consists of the modules in Mailman/Archiver/
>
> The start of the process is the ArchiveMail() method of the Archiver
> class defined in Mailman/Archiver/Archiver.py.

Thank you.


>> In the pipermail archives, he sees this link at the top of the  
>> message:
>> 	Joe User joe.user at domain.com
>> He's going to think, "if I click that link, it's a new message to  
>> Joe User."
>
>
> This depends on the setting of ARCHIVER_OBSCURES_EMAILADDRS. If
> ARCHIVER_OBSCURES_EMAILADDRS is Yes, behavior is as below, but if it
> is No, the poster's address isn't munged and the link is to the  
> poster.

Oh - I misunderstood the meaning of that.  Here's what I thought:
I thought if OBSCURES is No, the archiver shows <a href='mailto:joe at domain' 
 >joe at domain</a>
I thought if OBSCURES is Yes, the archiver shows <a href='mailto:joe at domain' 
 >joe -at- domain</a>

I think this is cool the way it is, and it was just my misunderstanding.


>> If he looks closely, he notices the URL of that link is:
>> 	mailto:somelist at domain.com?Subject=[Somelist]An Interesting
>> Idea&In-Reply-To=
>> He's going to think, "if I click that, it's a new message to the  
>> list,
>> joining this conversation."
>>
>> Neither of his thoughts are right.
>>
>> I'm thinking the text of a mailto should always match the url  
>> address.
>> Otherwise it's misleading, because most people will only see the  
>> blue text.
>> If you see the link joe.user at domain.com then you think it  
>> generates mail
>> to joe.user, not to some other address.
>
> Good point.

If I'm making a suggestion for future release...  I suggest this:
<strong>Joe User</strong> <a href='mailto:joe at domain'>Reply to Joe</ 
a><br />
<a href='mailto:list at domain&Subject=blahblah'>Reply to list</a>


>> I'm also thinking it should include the RE: and mimmick the  
>> behavior of an
>> actual mail client.
>> 	?Subject=Re:[Somelist]An Interesting Idea
>>
>> I'm also thinking there should be a Message-ID in the "In-Reply-To"
>
>
> These were bugs fixed in Mailman 2.1.10. Prior to that, the Re: was  
> not
> inserted and the In-Reply-To was taken from the In-Reply-To of this
> message instead of the Message-ID of this message.
>
> Of course, it's still up to the MUA to honor those fragments in the
> mailto URL.

Sure enough, I'm on 2.1.9 (shipped with Centos 5.1).  I'll go make an  
effort to upgrade.


>> Is it possible my pipermail is simply misocnfigured somehow?  I'd  
>> like to
>> see this link, or another link, give users the ability to join a
>> conversation, just by clicking something in the web archive.
>
>
> Much of what you see is governed by the article.html template. See the
> FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/jYA9> for more info on templates.
> <snip>
>      </A><BR>

In other words, I should be able to customize it.  :-)  Awesome,  
thanks.  Wish me luck.