9.1 How do I make sure that my post has the right topic?

From 3a258ad5cdd98c5705af6c02ba91993b3d382adc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Warsaw Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:23:41 -0500 Subject: Because the admin directory is no longer included, the www directory isn't either, and that's where the generated docs used to live. So now, make this directory include the generated docs, removing the old IPC7 and LISA-98 directories, and the .tex source files. These latter are moved to the admin repository. --- doc/mailman-member/node30.html | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 185 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/mailman-member/node30.html (limited to 'doc/mailman-member/node30.html') diff --git a/doc/mailman-member/node30.html b/doc/mailman-member/node30.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0e1607f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/mailman-member/node30.html @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +9.1 How do I make sure that my post has the right topic? + + + + + +

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+9.1 How do I make sure that my post has the right + topic? +

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+When a list administrator defines a topic, he or she sets three things: + +

a topic name +
a regular expression (regexp) +
a description +

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+You can view this information by logging in to your member options page. + (See Section 3.1 for more details on how to do this.) and +clicking on the "details" link for any topic that interests you. + +

+To post on a given topic, you need to make sure that the +Keywords: or Subject: headers in a message +match the regular expression for that topic. +Regular expressions can actually be fairly complex, so you may want to +just ask the list administrator if you don't know how to make +heads or tails of the expression given. + +

+Most Mailman topic expressions will be fairly simple regular expressions, so +in this document we will simply give you some common examples. Regular +expressions are a bit too complex to teach in a few lines here, so if you +really want to understand how the regular expressions work, you should +find a tutorial or reference elsewhere. (For example, DevShed has a decent +tutorial at +http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/RegExp/) + +

+Here are some examples of possible regular expressions and matching lines: + +

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Regular expression	Matching lines
zuff	Keywords: zuff
zuff	Keywords: ZUFF
zuff	Keywords: Zuff
zuff	Keywords: amaryllis, zuff, applesauce
zuff	Subject: [zuff] Do you have the right stuff for zuff?
zuff	Subject: Do you have the right stuff for zuff?
zuff	Subject: What is zuff?
\[zuff\]	Keywords: [zuff]
\[zuff\]	Subject: [zuff] Do you have the right stuff?
\[zuff\]	Subject: Online zuff tutorials (was Re: [zuff] What is zuff?)

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+A few notes: + +

The matching is case-insensitive, so if zuff matches, so will ZUFF, + zuFF, and any other variations in capitalization. +
Some characters have special meaning in a regular expression, so + to match those characters specifically, they must be "escaped" with a + backslash (\). As you can see in the above example, + [ and ] are such characters. (Others include ".", "?", and "*"). + The backslash is also used for other things (I wasn't kidding about + regular expressions being complex: consult other documentation + for details about other uses of the backslash character), but this + is the most likely use in a topic expression. +

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+ +9.1 How do I make sure that my post has the right + topic? +

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+9.1 How do I make sure that my post has the right + topic? +