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@@ -1,90 +1,174 @@ -DONE for mailman 1.0b2 (DONE $Revision: 450 $, $Date: 1998-04-13 21:13:07 +0100 (Mon, 13 Apr 1998) $) +DONE for mailman 1.0b2 (DONE $Revision: 511 $, $Date: 1998-05-04 18:01:23 +0100 (Mon, 04 May 1998) $) + +1.0b3 (05/03/1998) klm@python.org (ken manheimer) + + Items marked by an '*' asterisk have greater operational impact. + + * mm_message:Deliverer.DeliverToList() added missing newline between + the headers and message body. Without it, any sequence of initial + body lines that _looked_ like headers ("Sir: Please excuse my + impertinence, but") got treated like headers. + + * Fixed typo which broke subscription acknowledgement message (thanks + to janne sinkonen for pointing this out promptly after release). + (Anyone who applied my intermediate patch will probably see this + one trigger patch'es reversed-patch detector...) + + * Fixed cgi-wrapper.c so it doesn't segfault when invoked with + improper uid or gid, and generally wrappers are cleaned up a bit. + + * Prevented delivery-failure notices for misdirected subscribe- + confirmation requests from bouncing back to the -request addr, and + then being treated as failing requests. + + Implemented two measures. Set the reply-to for the confirmation- + request to the -request addr, and the sender to be the list admin. + This way, bounces go to list admin instead of to -request addr. + (Using the errors-to header wasn't sufficient. Thanks, barry, for + pointing out the use of sender here.) Second, ignore any + mailcommands coming from postmaster or non-login system type + accounts (mailer-daemon, daemon, postoffice, etc.) + + * Reenabled admin setting of web_page_url - crucial for having + lists use alternate names of a host that occupies multiple addresses. + + * Fixed and refined admin-options help mechanism. Top-level visit to + general-category (where the "general" isn't in the URL) was broken. + New help presentation shows the same row that shows on the actual + options page. + + * cron/crontab.in crontab template had wrong name for senddigests. + + * Default digest format setting, as distributed, is now non-MIME, on + urging of reasoned voices asserting that there are still enough bad + MIME implementations in the world to be a nuisance to too many + users if MIME is the default. Sigh. + + * MIME digests now preserve the structure of MIME postings, keeping + attachments as attachments, etc. They also are more structured in + general. + + * Added README instructions explaining how to determine the right + UID and GID settings for the wrapper executables, and improved + some of the explanations about exploratory interaction w/mailman. + + * Removed the constraint that subscribers have their domain included + in a static list in the code. We might want to eventually + reincorporate the check for the sake of a warning message, to give + a heads up to the subscriber, but try delivery anyway... + + - Added missing titles to error docs. + + - Improved several help details, including particularly explaining + better how real_name setting is used. + + - Strengthened admonition against setting reply_goes_to_list. + + - Added X-BeenThere header to postings for the sake of prevention + of external mail loops. + + - Improved handling of bounced messages to better recognize members + address, and prevent duplicate attempts to react (which could cause + superfluous notices to administrator). + + - Added __delitem__ method to mm_message.OutgoingMessage, to fix the + intermediate patch posted just before this one. + + - Using keyword substitution format for more message text (ie, + "substituting %(such)s into text" % {'such': "something"}) to make + the substitutions less fragile and, presumably, easier to debug. + + - Removed hardwired (and failure-prone) /tmp file logging from + answer.majordomo_mail, and generally spiffed up following janne + sinkkonen's lead. + + 1.0b2 (04/13/1998) and 1.0b1.1 (04/09/1998): klm (ken manheimer) -Web pages much more polished - - Better organized, text more finely crafted - - Easier, more refined layout - - List info and admin interface overviews, enumerate all public lists - (via, e.g., http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo - sans the - specific list) - - Admin interface broken into sections, with help elaboration for - complicated configuration options -Maillist Archives - - Integrated with a newer, *much* improved, external pipermail - to be - found at http://starship.skyport.net/crew/amk/maintained/pipermail.html - - Private archives protected with maillist members passwords, cookie-fied. -Spam prevention - - New spam prevention measures catch most if not all spam without - operator intervention or general constraints on who can post to - list: - require_explicit_destination option imposes hold of any postings - that do not have the list name in any of the to or cc header - destination addresses. This catches the vast majority of random - spam. - Other options (forbidden_posters, bounce_matching_headers) provide - for filtering of known transgressors. - - Option obscure_addresses (default on) causes maillist subscriber - lists on the web to be slightly mangled so they're not directly - recognizable as email address by web spiders, which might be - seeking targets for spammers. -Site configuration arrangement organized - in mailman/mailman/modules: - - When installing, create a mailman/modules/mm_cfg.py (if there's not - one already there), using mm_cfg.py.dist as a template. - mm_default.py contains the distributed defaults, including - descriptions of the values. mm_cfg.py does a 'from mm_defaults.py - import *' to get the distributed defaults. Include settings in - mm_cfg.py for any values in mm_defaults.py that need to be - customized for your site, after the 'from .. import *'. - See mm_cfg.py.dist for more details. -Logging - - Major operations (subscription, admin approval, bounce, - digestification, cgi script failure tracebacks) logged in files - using a reliable mechanism - - Wrapper executables log authentication complaints via syslog -Wrappers - - All cgi-script wrapper executables combined in a single source, - easier to configure. (Mail and aliases wrappers separate.) -List structure version migration - - Provision for automatic update of list structures when moving to a - new version of the system. See modules/versions.py. -Code cleaning - - Many more module docstrings, __version__ settings, more function - docstrings. - - Most unqualified exception catches have been replaced with more - finely targeted catches, to avoid concealing bugs. - - Lotsa long lines wrapped (pet peeve:). -Random details (not complete, sorry): - - make archival frequency a list option - - Option for daily digest dispatch, in addition to size threshhold - - make sure users only get one periodic password notifcation message for - all the lists they're on (repaired 1.0b1.1 varying-case mistake) - - Fix rmlist sans-argument bug causing deletion of all lists! - - doubled generated random passwords to four letters - - Cleaned lots and lots of notices - - Lots and lots of html page cleanup, including table-of-contents, etc - - Admin options sections - don't do the "if so" if the ensuing list is empty - - Prevent list subject-prefix cascade - - Sources under CVS - - Various spam filters - implicit-destination, header-field - - Adjusted permissions for group access - - Prevent redundant subscription from redundant vetted requests - - Instituted centralize, robustish logging - - Wrapper sources use syslog for logging (john viega) - - Sorting of users done on presentation, not in list. - - Edit options - give an error for non-existent users, not an options page. - - Bounce handling - offer 'disable' option, instead of remove, and - never remove without notifying admin - - Moved subscribers off of listinfo (and made private lists visible - modulo authentication) - - Parameterize default digest headers and footers and create some - - Put titles on cgi result pages that do not get titles (all?) - - Option for immediate admin notifcation via email of pending - requests, as well as periodic - - Admin options web-page help - - Enabled grouped and cascading lists despite implicit-name constraint - - Changed subscribers list so it has its own script (roster) - - Welcome pages: http://www.python.org/mailman/{admin,listinfo}/ + Web pages much more polished + - Better organized, text more finely crafted + - Easier, more refined layout + - List info and admin interface overviews, enumerate all public lists + (via, e.g., http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo - sans the + specific list) + - Admin interface broken into sections, with help elaboration for + complicated configuration options + Maillist Archives + - Integrated with a newer, *much* improved, external pipermail - to be + found at http://starship.skyport.net/crew/amk/maintained/pipermail.html + - Private archives protected with maillist members passwords, cookie-fied. + Spam prevention + - New spam prevention measures catch most if not all spam without + operator intervention or general constraints on who can post to + list: + require_explicit_destination option imposes hold of any postings + that do not have the list name in any of the to or cc header + destination addresses. This catches the vast majority of random + spam. + Other options (forbidden_posters, bounce_matching_headers) provide + for filtering of known transgressors. + - Option obscure_addresses (default on) causes maillist subscriber + lists on the web to be slightly mangled so they're not directly + recognizable as email address by web spiders, which might be + seeking targets for spammers. + Site configuration arrangement organized - in mailman/mailman/modules: + - When installing, create a mailman/modules/mm_cfg.py (if there's not + one already there), using mm_cfg.py.dist as a template. + mm_default.py contains the distributed defaults, including + descriptions of the values. mm_cfg.py does a 'from mm_defaults.py + import *' to get the distributed defaults. Include settings in + mm_cfg.py for any values in mm_defaults.py that need to be + customized for your site, after the 'from .. import *'. + See mm_cfg.py.dist for more details. + Logging + - Major operations (subscription, admin approval, bounce, + digestification, cgi script failure tracebacks) logged in files + using a reliable mechanism + - Wrapper executables log authentication complaints via syslog + Wrappers + - All cgi-script wrapper executables combined in a single source, + easier to configure. (Mail and aliases wrappers separate.) + List structure version migration + - Provision for automatic update of list structures when moving to a + new version of the system. See modules/versions.py. + Code cleaning + - Many more module docstrings, __version__ settings, more function + docstrings. + - Most unqualified exception catches have been replaced with more + finely targeted catches, to avoid concealing bugs. + - Lotsa long lines wrapped (pet peeve:). + Random details (not complete, sorry): + - make archival frequency a list option + - Option for daily digest dispatch, in addition to size threshhold + - make sure users only get one periodic password notifcation message for + all the lists they're on (repaired 1.0b1.1 varying-case mistake) + - Fix rmlist sans-argument bug causing deletion of all lists! + - doubled generated random passwords to four letters + - Cleaned lots and lots of notices + - Lots and lots of html page cleanup, including table-of-contents, etc + - Admin options sections - don't do the "if so" if the ensuing list is empty + - Prevent list subject-prefix cascade + - Sources under CVS + - Various spam filters - implicit-destination, header-field + - Adjusted permissions for group access + - Prevent redundant subscription from redundant vetted requests + - Instituted centralize, robustish logging + - Wrapper sources use syslog for logging (john viega) + - Sorting of users done on presentation, not in list. + - Edit options - give an error for non-existent users, not an options page. + - Bounce handling - offer 'disable' option, instead of remove, and + never remove without notifying admin + - Moved subscribers off of listinfo (and made private lists visible + modulo authentication) + - Parameterize default digest headers and footers and create some + - Put titles on cgi result pages that do not get titles (all?) + - Option for immediate admin notifcation via email of pending + requests, as well as periodic + - Admin options web-page help + - Enabled grouped and cascading lists despite implicit-name constraint + - Changed subscribers list so it has its own script (roster) + - Welcome pages: http://www.python.org/mailman/{admin,listinfo}/ 0.95: (Jan 25, 1997) - Fixed a bug in sending out digests added when adding disable mime option. |