[Mailman-Users] Possibly OT: VERP to plussed addresses

[Mark Sapiro]

On 2/28/2010 9:11 PM, Stefan Foerster wrote:
> I have noticed that Mailman seems to be capable to correctly parse
> bounces that come from a plussed address. Example: I'm subscribed to
> this list with
> 
> cite+mailman-users at example.net
> 
> so the sender address looks like this:
> 
> mailman-users-bounces+cite+mailman-users=example.net at python.org
> 
> While it's very nice that this is working - _why_ does it work? Does
> Mailman simply start at the leftmost "+"?


The short answer is yes. For the long answer, see the definitions of
VERP_FORMAT and VERP_REGEXP in Defaults.py.


> Oh, and BTW: Happy "1st of a month", python.org listmasters! Enjoy your
> bounces ;-)


And a Happy Mailman Day to you too ;).

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