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| author | bwarsaw | 2001-07-11 21:30:31 +0000 |
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| committer | bwarsaw | 2001-07-11 21:30:31 +0000 |
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diff --git a/README.NETSCAPE b/README.NETSCAPE index e64838c4c..dbe5da9c2 100644 --- a/README.NETSCAPE +++ b/README.NETSCAPE @@ -1,39 +1,53 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA -Some of your users may experience problems sending mail to a -members-only list, if they are using Netscape Communicator as their -MUA. Communicator 4.x on Linux has been observed to insert bogus -unqualified Sender: headers -- i.e. Sender: headers with only the -username part of the email address. Other version of Netscape may -also have the same bug. -Members-only lists use Sender: as the first field to authenticate -against, so if Sender: exists in the email message, but it is -unqualified, it will never match a mailing list member's address, and -their post will always be held for approval. +NETSCAPE ISSUES -In the future, Mailman will improve its algorithm for finding a -matching address, but in the meantime, M. A. Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com> -provides the following advice. You can send this snippet to any user -whose posts are being held for seemingly no reason. + Some of your users may experience problems sending mail to a + members-only list, if they are using Netscape Communicator as + their MUA. Communicator 4.x on Linux has been observed to insert + bogus unqualified Sender: headers -- i.e. Sender: headers with + only the username part of the email address. Other version of + Netscape may also have the same bug. - Edit the two .js files in your .netscape directory (liprefs.js and - preferences.js) to include the function call: + By default, members-only lists use the From: header as the first + field to authenticate against, falling back to Sender:. The site + administrator can also configure Mailman to always use Sender: + first. If Sender: is used, and it exists in the email message, + but it is unqualified, it will never match a mailing list member's + address, and their post will always be held for approval. - user_pref("mail.suppress_sender_header", true); + In the future, Mailman will improve its algorithm for finding a + matching address, but in the meantime, M. A. Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com> + provides the following advice. You can send this snippet to any user + whose posts are being held for seemingly no reason. - BTW, the binary includes a comment which says that this is only - necessary on Unix. + Edit the two .js files in your .netscape directory (liprefs.js and + preferences.js) to include the function call: - Since Communicator regenerates this file upon exit, the change - must be done when Communicator is not currently running. With the - next start, it will stop adding the Sender: header and things - start to work like a charm again. + user_pref("mail.suppress_sender_header", true); -The reason things start to work again, is that Mailman falls back to -authenticating the From: header if the Sender: header is missing. + BTW, the binary includes a comment which says that this is only + necessary on Unix. + + Since Communicator regenerates this file upon exit, the change + must be done when Communicator is not currently running. With the + next start, it will stop adding the Sender: header and things + start to work like a charm again. + + The reason things start to work again, is that Mailman falls back to + authenticating the From: header if the Sender: header is missing, + even if the site administrator has configured things to look at + Sender: first. + + +MOZILLA + + There are no known problems with Mozilla 0.9.x at this time. I + don't know whether the above Netscape problem also affects + Mozilla. |
