Bill Christensen wrote: >At 8:23 AM -0700 10/9/08, Mark Sapiro wrote: >>Bill Christensen wrote: >>> >>>Is there a way to change the timestamp on mail to moderated lists to >>>display the time it is approved/sent by Mailman instead of the time >>>of the orignal sender's post? >> >> >>Only by changing the source code, and it isn't a good idea. RFC 2822 >>Sec. 3.6.1 [1] specifies the meaning of the Date: header and says in >>part: >> >> The origination date specifies the date and time at which the >> creator of the message indicated that the message was complete >> and ready to enter the mail delivery system. > ><snip...> > >> >>[1] http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2822.html > >The only required header fields are the origination date field and > the originator address field(s). > > >I had a feeling we'd be up against something like that. > >But many a non-moderated listserv typically replaces the FROM header >with the listserv's reply address, do they not?
Yes. Mailman does it too for 'anonymous' lists, even though strictly speaking, I don't think it's compliant. If you did decide to change the Date: header, I don't think there would be any repercussions, at least on an announce list with locally submitted posts. I think there could be an issue on a moderated discussion list if someone were to claim that her post was sent before certain other information was available, but you munged the date, but it doesn't seem likely. If I were going to mung the Date: header, I would probably put the original in an X-Original-Date: or similar header. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9