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-rw-r--r--Mailman/Cgi/private.py2
-rw-r--r--Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py6
-rw-r--r--Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py2
-rw-r--r--Mailman/MailList.py29
4 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Cgi/private.py b/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
index a52af90f2..0fbdcede0 100644
--- a/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
+++ b/Mailman/Cgi/private.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ login_attempted = 0
_list = None
def GetListobj(list_name):
- """Return an unlocked instance of the named maillist, if found."""
+ """Return an unlocked instance of the named mailing list, if found."""
global _list
if _list:
return _list
diff --git a/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py b/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
index e1bded148..4cf695cb6 100644
--- a/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
+++ b/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ class HTMLFormatter:
def FormatUmbrellaNotice(self, user, type):
if self.umbrella_list:
- return ("(Note - you are subscribing to a list of maillists, so"
- " the %s notice will be sent to the admin address"
+ return ("(Note - you are subscribing to a list of mailing lists,"
+ " so the %s notice will be sent to the admin address"
" for your membership, %s.)<p>"
% (type, self.GetMemberAdminEmail(user)))
else:
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class HTMLFormatter:
if self.umbrella_list:
msg = msg + ("<p>(Note that this is an umbrella list, intended to"
- " have only other maillists as members. Among"
+ " have only other mailing lists as members. Among"
" other things, this means that your confirmation"
" request will be sent to the '%s' account for"
" your address.)" % self.umbrella_member_suffix)
diff --git a/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py b/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py
index 74cdb9eab..c7ec1db1c 100644
--- a/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py
+++ b/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-"""Process maillist user commands arriving via email."""
+"""Process mailing list user commands arriving via email."""
# Try to stay close to majordomo commands, but accept common mistakes.
# Not implemented: get / index / which.
diff --git a/Mailman/MailList.py b/Mailman/MailList.py
index 37bfd5b59..d43025283 100644
--- a/Mailman/MailList.py
+++ b/Mailman/MailList.py
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
def GetMemberAdminEmail(self, member):
"""Usually the member addr, but modified for umbrella lists.
- Umbrella lists have other maillists as members, and so admin stuff
+ Umbrella lists have other mailing lists as members, and so admin stuff
like confirmation requests and passwords must not be sent to the
- member addresses - the sublists - but rather to the administrators
- of the sublists. This routine picks the right address, considering
+ member addresses - the sublists - but rather to the administrators of
+ the sublists. This routine picks the right address, considering
regular member address to be their own administrative addresses.
"""
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
('description', mm_cfg.String, 50, 0,
'A terse phrase identifying this list.',
- "This description is used when the maillist is listed with"
- " other maillists, or in headers, and so forth. It should"
+ "This description is used when the mailing list is listed with"
+ " other mailing lists, or in headers, and so forth. It should"
" be as succinct as you can get it, while still identifying"
" what the list is."),
@@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
'Prefix for subject line of list postings.',
"This text will be prepended to subject lines of messages"
- " posted to the list, to distinguish maillist messages in"
+ " posted to the list, to distinguish mailing list messages in"
" in mailbox summaries. Brevity is premium here, it's ok"
- " to shorten long maillist names to something more concise,"
- " as long as it still identifies the maillist."),
+ " to shorten long mailing list names to something more concise,"
+ " as long as it still identifies the mailing list."),
('welcome_msg', mm_cfg.Text, (4, 50), 0,
'List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber welcome message',
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
"This value, if any, will be added to the front of the"
" new-subscriber welcome message. The rest of the"
" welcome message already describes the important addresses"
- " and URLs for the maillist, so you don't need to include"
+ " and URLs for the mailing list, so you don't need to include"
" any of that kind of stuff here. This should just contain"
" mission-specific kinds of things, like etiquette policies"
" or team orientation, or that kind of thing."),
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
' directly to user.',
"Set this to yes when this list is intended to cascade only to"
- " other maillists. When set, meta notices like confirmations"
+ " other mailing lists. When set, meta notices like confirmations"
" and password reminders will be directed to an address derived"
" from the member\'s address - it will have the value of"
' \"umbrella_member_suffix\" appended to the'
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
' according to setting of previous "umbrella_list" setting.',
'When \"umbrella_list\" is set to indicate that this list has'
- " other maillists as members, then administrative notices like"
- " confirmations and password reminders need to not be sent"
+ " other mailing lists as members, then administrative notices"
+ " like confirmations and password reminders need to not be sent"
" to the member list addresses, but rather to the owner of those"
" member lists. In that case, the value of this setting is"
" appended to the member\'s account name for such notices."
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
'Base URL for Mailman web interface',
"This is the common root for all mailman URLs concerning this"
- " list. It is also used in the listinfo overview of maillists"
+ " list. It is also used in the listinfo overview of mailing"
+ " lists"
" to identify whether or not this list resides on the virtual"
" host identified by the overview URL - if this value is found"
" (anywhere) in the URL, then this list is considered to be"
@@ -646,7 +647,7 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin,
"Alternate list names (the stuff before the '@') that are to be"
" accepted when the explicit-destination constraint (a prior"
" option) is active. This enables things like cascading"
- " maillists and relays while the constraint is still"
+ " mailing lists and relays while the constraint is still"
" preventing random spams."),
('max_num_recipients', mm_cfg.Number, 3, 0,