2.1.1 General list personality

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+2.1.1 General list personality +

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+These variables, grouped under the general list personality section, +control some public information about the mailing list. + +

real_name

Every mailing list has both a posting name and a real + name. The posting name shows up in urls and in email addresses, + e.g. the mylist in mylist@example.com. The posting + name is always presented in lower case, with alphanumeric + characters and no spaces. The list's real name is used in some + public information and email responses, such as in the general + list overview. The real name can differ from the posting name by + case only. For example, if the posting name is mylist, the + real name can be MyList. + +

owner

This variable contains a list of email addresses, one address per + line, of the list owners. These addresses are used whenever the + list owners need to be contacted, either by the system or by end + users. Often, these addresses are used in combination with the + moderator addresses (see below). + +

moderator

This variable contains a list of email addresses, one address per + line, of the list moderators. These addresses are often used in + combination with the owner addresses. For example, when + you email mylist-owner@example.com, both the owner and + moderator addresses will receive a copy of the message. + +

description

In the general list overview page, which shows you every available + mailing list, each list is displayed with a short description. + The contents of this variable is that description. Note that in + emails from the mailing list, this description is also used in the + comment section of the To: address. This text should + be relatively short and no longer than one line. + +

info

This variable contains a longer description of the mailing list. + It is included at the top of the list's information page, and it + can contain HTML. However, blank lines will be automatically + converted into paragraph breaks. Preview your HTML though, + because unclosed or invalid HTML can prevent display of parts of + the list information page. + +

subject_prefix

This is a string that will be prepended to the + Subject: header of any message posted to the list. + For example, if a message is posted to the list with a + Subject: like: + +

+    Subject: This is a message
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+and the subject_prefix is [My List] (note the + trailing space!), then the message will be received like so: + +

+    Subject: [My List] This is a message
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+If you leave subject_prefix empty, no prefix will be added + to the Subject:. Mailman is careful not to add a + prefix when the header already has one, as is the case in replies + for example. The prefix can also contain characters in the list's + preferred language. In this case, because of vagarities of the + email standards, you may or may not want to add a trailing space. + +

from_is_list

This applies to all non-digest messages sent by the list. For settings + that apply only to messages whose From: domain publishes a + DMARC p=reject or p=quarantine policy, see the + dmarc_moderaction_action description in section + 2.7. + +

+If set to Munge From, it replaces the From: header + address with the list's posting address to mitigate issues stemming + from the original From: domain's DMARC or similar policies + and puts the original From: address in a + Reply-To: header. + +

+If set to Wrap Message it wraps the original message as a MIME + subpart of an outer message with From: and + Reply-To: headers as above. + +

anonymous_list

This variable allows you to turn on some simple anonymizing + features of Mailman. When you set this option to Yes, + Mailman will remove or replace the From:, + Sender:, and Reply-To: fields of any + message posted to the list. + +

+Note that this option is simply an aid for anonymization, it + doesn't guarantee it. For example, a poster's identity could be + evident in their signature, or in other mail headers, or even in + the style of the content of the message. There's little Mailman + can do about this kind of identity leakage. +

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