I wrote last Friday:
I created a new list today at 13:42 (Mailman 2.1.14), and the "Description" field contained a "+" character, per the customer's request. At 14:00 I received an e-mail fromFrom: r...@lists.anl.gov Subject: + in description for LISTNAME I cannot find anywhere in the source where this mail is generated, and I do not know why Mailman objects to a "+" character in the "Description" field. There also is a "+" character in the "Info" field, but there is no complaint about that. What generated the e-mail message, and what is the problem with a "+" character in the "Description" field? Thanks.
I found the problem. We do not like the Mailman "home" page, as it lists all of the advertised lists in alphabetical order. We have revised the page to list the lists by category. In each list I have a category string appended to the description field. I take the Mailman-generated "home" page, extract the list names, info strings, and category strings, and I generate an XML file. This is then used to produce the new "home" page. A "+" character in an "info=" string will cause confusion in the XML file, which contains its own "+" characters. My awk script was producing the message, and the message from the awk script did not give the source. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 240, Room 5.B.8 Internet: bsfin...@anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
