From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mads Martin Joergensen Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:00:23 +0000 Subject: Re: variables & .forward support Message-Id: <20090302200023.GD34284@mmj.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: mlmmj@mlmmj.org * Dave Taylor [Feb 20. 2009 01:05]: > Where can I find a list of legal $variables$ that I can use inside of > the files listed in the "text" subdirectory? You can grep in texts. They're all used. > In particular, I would like to be able to add a "Reply-To: $poster$" > field at the top of the "moderation" file. That shouldn't be too hard. You have the from address in a C string, and prepstdreply.c to look at. There exists no support for this as of yet, so you'll have to write a patch. > I've learned the hard way that the black-and-white moderation approach > of either approving a post or ignoring it pisses people off. A > handful a groaners will start whining and create a lot of grief. > > Instead, I've started replying to people to ask them to modify their > post to remove/alter the offending bits. However, this is a giant > pain in the butt with the current system, because I have to scroll > down to the user's email addr, click it, and then cut-and-paste the > content of the message that I'm commenting on. > > This is already an immense amount of work on a list of 500. It would > be a lot easier on me if I could simply reply to the message and > delete the top w/ the moderation link. Yes, I see the point. And it's a good one. > Also, can mlmmj be run as a user program using the .forward file? > Because it seems to need installing, this rules out its use on any > hosting service that doesn't allow root access, which has the effect > of increasing the hosting rates from $7/mo for an account to $50/mo or > more for a virtual system. As long as the user running the mailserver can write in the LISTDIR. It only needs the listdir ever. -- Mads Martin Joergensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogical, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.