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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/maillist.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/maillist.py | 31 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/modules/maillist.py b/modules/maillist.py index 69596cb62..840bb3e64 100644 --- a/modules/maillist.py +++ b/modules/maillist.py @@ -175,9 +175,8 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, 'The public name of this list'), ('owner', mm_cfg.EmailList, (3,30), 0, - "The list admin's email address (or addresses).", - - "Multiple list admins - ie, multiple addresses - are ok."), + "The list admin's email address - multiple admins/addresses" + " is ok."), ('description', mm_cfg.String, 50, 0, 'A one sentence description of this list.'), @@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, " mess up the entire listinfo page."), ('subject_prefix', mm_cfg.String, 10, 0, - 'Subject line prefix.', + 'Prefix for subject line of list postings.', "Text prefixed to posting subject lines to distinguish" " maillist messages in mailbox summaries."), @@ -291,9 +290,10 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, "This option determines whether web-initiated subscribes" " require further confirmation, either from the subscribed" - " address or from the list administrator. Lack of any" - " confirmation makes web-based confirms a target for" - " mischievous subscriptions by third parties."), + " address or from the list administrator. Absence of" + " <em>any</em> confirmation makes web-based subscription a" + " tempting opportunity for mischievous subscriptions by third" + " parties."), "Membership exposure", @@ -310,9 +310,10 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, "Setting this option causes member email addresses to be" " transformed when they are presented on list web pages (both" - " in text and as links), to interfere with automated web" - " scanners recognizing them and snarfing them up for" - " use by spammers."), + " in text and as links), so they're not trivially" + " recognizable as email addresses. The intention is to" + " to prevent the addresses from being snarfed up by" + " automated web scanners for use by spammers."), "General posting filters", @@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, " postings relayed from other addresses, unless <ol>" " <li>The relaying address has the same name, or" " <li>The relaying address name is included on the options that" - " specifies acceptable aliases for the list. </ol>."), + " specifies acceptable aliases for the list. </ol>"), ('acceptable_aliases', mm_cfg.Text, ('4', '30'), 0, 'Alias names (regexps) which qualify as explicit to or cc' @@ -372,8 +373,12 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, 'Hold posts with header value matching a specified regexp.', "Use this option to prohibit posts according to specific header" - " values. The target value is taken as a case-insensitive" - " regexp for matching against the specified header." + " values. The target value is a regular-expression for" + " matching against the specified header. The match is done" + " disregarding letter case." + " <p>For example:<pre>to: .*@public.com </pre> says" + " to hold all postings with a <em>TO</em> header containing" + " '@public.com' anywhere among the addresses." " <p>Note that leading whitespace is trimmed from the" " regexp. This can be circumvented in a number of ways, eg" " by escaping or bracketing it."), |