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| author | Barry Warsaw | 2009-11-01 15:23:56 -0500 |
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| committer | Barry Warsaw | 2009-11-01 15:23:56 -0500 |
| commit | 0f03599f841388c066232cdbfd417d69e57b312d (patch) | |
| tree | 43530b74248c0a9e5ee6e0798095f44192f18fb6 /src/mailman/mta/docs | |
| parent | c05caff08e5229e7f16ca02aaa4eed78a74a4999 (diff) | |
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Add full personalization delivery mechanism.
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/mailman/mta/docs/personalized.txt | 137 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mailman/mta/docs/verp.txt | 9 |
2 files changed, 141 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/mta/docs/personalized.txt b/src/mailman/mta/docs/personalized.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c1c590479 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/mailman/mta/docs/personalized.txt @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +=========================== +Fully personalized delivery +=========================== + +Fully personalized mail delivery is an enhancement over VERP_ delivery where +the To field of the message is replaced with the recipient's address. A +typical email message is sent to the mailing list's posting address and copied +to the list membership that way. Some people like the more personal address. + +.. _VERP: verp.txt + +Personalized delivery still does VERP. + + >>> from mailman.mta.personalized import PersonalizedDelivery + >>> personalized = PersonalizedDelivery() + +Delivery strategies must implement the proper interface. + + >>> from mailman.interfaces.mta import IMailTransportAgentDelivery + >>> from zope.interface.verify import verifyObject + >>> verifyObject(IMailTransportAgentDelivery, personalized) + True + + +To header +========= + +The To header is replaced with the recipient's address and name. + + >>> mlist = create_list('test@example.com') + >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ + ... From: aperson@example.org + ... To: test@example.com + ... Subject: test one + ... Message-ID: <aardvark> + ... + ... This is a test. + ... """) + + >>> recipients = set([ + ... 'aperson@example.com', + ... 'bperson@example.com', + ... 'cperson@example.com', + ... ]) + + >>> personalized.deliver(mlist, msg, dict(recipients=recipients)) + {} + >>> messages = list(smtpd.messages) + >>> len(messages) + 3 + + >>> from operator import itemgetter + >>> for message in sorted(messages, key=itemgetter('to')): + ... print message.as_string() + ... print '----------' + From: aperson@example.org + To: aperson@example.com + Subject: test one + Message-ID: <aardvark> + X-Peer: ... + X-MailFrom: test-bounces+aperson=example.com@example.com + X-RcptTo: aperson@example.com + <BLANKLINE> + This is a test. + ---------- + From: aperson@example.org + To: bperson@example.com + Subject: test one + Message-ID: <aardvark> + X-Peer: ... + X-MailFrom: test-bounces+bperson=example.com@example.com + X-RcptTo: bperson@example.com + <BLANKLINE> + This is a test. + ---------- + From: aperson@example.org + To: cperson@example.com + Subject: test one + Message-ID: <aardvark> + X-Peer: ... + X-MailFrom: test-bounces+cperson=example.com@example.com + X-RcptTo: cperson@example.com + <BLANKLINE> + This is a test. + ---------- + +If the recipient is a user registered with Mailman, and the user has an +associated real name, then this name also shows up in the To header. + + >>> from zope.component import getUtility + >>> from mailman.interfaces.usermanager import IUserManager + >>> user_manager = getUtility(IUserManager) + + >>> bill = user_manager.create_user('bperson@example.com', 'Bill Person') + >>> cate = user_manager.create_user('cperson@example.com', 'Cate Person') + >>> transaction.commit() + + >>> personalized.deliver(mlist, msg, dict(recipients=recipients)) + {} + >>> messages = list(smtpd.messages) + >>> len(messages) + 3 + + >>> from operator import itemgetter + >>> for message in sorted(messages, key=itemgetter('x-rcptto')): + ... print message.as_string() + ... print '----------' + From: aperson@example.org + To: aperson@example.com + Subject: test one + Message-ID: <aardvark> + X-Peer: ... + X-MailFrom: test-bounces+aperson=example.com@example.com + X-RcptTo: aperson@example.com + <BLANKLINE> + This is a test. + ---------- + From: aperson@example.org + To: Bill Person <bperson@example.com> + Subject: test one + Message-ID: <aardvark> + X-Peer: ... + X-MailFrom: test-bounces+bperson=example.com@example.com + X-RcptTo: bperson@example.com + <BLANKLINE> + This is a test. + ---------- + From: aperson@example.org + To: Cate Person <cperson@example.com> + Subject: test one + Message-ID: <aardvark> + X-Peer: ... + X-MailFrom: test-bounces+cperson=example.com@example.com + X-RcptTo: cperson@example.com + <BLANKLINE> + This is a test. + ---------- diff --git a/src/mailman/mta/docs/verp.txt b/src/mailman/mta/docs/verp.txt index ac8d70e29..11157d363 100644 --- a/src/mailman/mta/docs/verp.txt +++ b/src/mailman/mta/docs/verp.txt @@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ Standard VERP delivery ====================== -'VERP' delivery is an alternative to bulk_ delivery, where an individual -message is crafted uniquely for each recipient. Our use of the term `VERP`_ -is actually incorrect, since the term is narrowly defined by the technique of -setting the return path so that bounces can be unambiguously decoded. +Variable Envelope Return Path (VERP_) delivery is an alternative to bulk_ +delivery, where an individual message is crafted uniquely for each recipient. -.. _bulk: bulk.txt .. _VERP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_envelope_return_path +.. _bulk: bulk.txt The cost of enabling VERP is that Mailman must send to the upstream MTA, one message per recipient. Under bulk delivery, an exact copy of one message can @@ -78,6 +76,7 @@ intended recipient's delivery address. ... ]) >>> verp.deliver(mlist, msg, dict(recipients=recipients)) + {} >>> messages = list(smtpd.messages) >>> len(messages) 3 |
