=============== Subject munging =============== Messages that flow through the global pipeline get their headers *cooked*, which basically means that their headers go through several mostly unrelated transformations. Some headers get added, others get changed. Some of these changes depend on mailing list settings and others depend on how the message is getting sent through the system. We'll take things one-by-one. >>> mlist = create_list('test@example.com') Inserting a prefix ================== Another thing header cooking does is *munge* the ``Subject`` header by inserting the subject prefix for the list at the front. If there's no subject header in the original message, Mailman uses a canned default. In order to do subject munging, a mailing list must have a preferred language. :: >>> mlist.subject_prefix = '[XTest] ' >>> mlist.preferred_language = 'en' >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... ... A message of great import. ... """) >>> msgdata = {} >>> from mailman.handlers.cook_headers import process >>> process(mlist, msg, msgdata) The original subject header is stored in the message metadata. >>> msgdata['original_subject'] u'' >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest] (no subject) If the original message had a ``Subject`` header, then the prefix is inserted at the beginning of the header's value. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... Subject: Something important ... ... A message of great import. ... """) >>> msgdata = {} >>> process(mlist, msg, msgdata) >>> print(msgdata['original_subject']) Something important >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest] Something important ``Subject`` headers are not munged for digest messages. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... Subject: Something important ... ... A message of great import. ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, dict(isdigest=True)) >>> print(msg['subject']) Something important Nor are they munged for *fast tracked* messages, which are generally defined as messages that Mailman crafts internally. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... Subject: Something important ... ... A message of great import. ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, dict(_fasttrack=True)) >>> print(msg['subject']) Something important If a ``Subject`` header already has a prefix, usually following a ``Re:`` marker, another one will not be added but the prefix will be moved to the front of the header text. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... Subject: Re: [XTest] Something important ... ... A message of great import. ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest] Re: Something important If the ``Subject`` header has a prefix at the front of the header text, that's where it will stay. This is called *new style* prefixing and is the only option available in Mailman 3. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... From: aperson@example.com ... Subject: [XTest] Re: Something important ... ... A message of great import. ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest] Re: Something important Internationalized headers ========================= Internationalization adds some interesting twists to the handling of subject prefixes. Part of what makes this interesting is the encoding of i18n headers using RFC 2047, and lists whose preferred language is in a different character set than the encoded header. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest] =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= >>> unicode(msg['subject']) u'[XTest] \u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30f3' Prefix numbers ============== Subject prefixes support a placeholder for the numeric post id. Every time a message is posted to the mailing list, a *post id* gets incremented. This is a purely sequential integer that increases monotonically. By added a ``%d`` placeholder to the subject prefix, this post id can be included in the prefix. >>> mlist.subject_prefix = '[XTest %d] ' >>> mlist.post_id = 456 >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: Something important ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest 456] Something important This works even when the message is a reply, except that in this case, the numeric post id in the generated subject prefix is updated with the new post id. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: [XTest 123] Re: Something important ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest 456] Re: Something important If the ``Subject`` header had old style prefixing, the prefix is moved to the front of the header text. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: Re: [XTest 123] Something important ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest 456] Re: Something important And of course, the proper thing is done when posting id numbers are included in the subject prefix, and the subject is encoded non-ASCII. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest 456] =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= >>> unicode(msg['subject']) u'[XTest 456] \u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30f3' Even more fun is when the internationalized ``Subject`` header already has a prefix, possibly with a different posting number. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: [XTest 123] Re: =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest 456] Re: =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= .. # XXX This requires Python email patch #1681333 to succeed. # >>> unicode(msg['subject']) # u'[XTest 456] Re: \u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30f3' As before, old style subject prefixes are re-ordered. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: Re: [XTest 123] =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest 456] Re: =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= .. # XXX This requires Python email patch #1681333 to succeed. # >>> unicode(msg['subject']) # u'[XTest 456] Re: \u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30f3' In this test case, we get an extra space between the prefix and the original subject. It's because the original is *crooked*. Note that a ``Subject`` starting with '\n ' is generated by some version of Eudora Japanese edition. >>> mlist.subject_prefix = '[XTest] ' >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: ... Important message ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) >>> print(msg['subject']) [XTest] Important message And again, with an RFC 2047 encoded header. >>> msg = message_from_string("""\ ... Subject: ... =?iso-2022-jp?b?GyRCJWEhPCVrJV4lcxsoQg==?= ... ... """) >>> process(mlist, msg, {}) .. # XXX This one does not appear to work the same way as # test_subject_munging_prefix_crooked() in the old Python-based tests. I need # to get Tokio to look at this. # >>> print(msg['subject']) # [XTest] =?iso-2022-jp?b?IBskQiVhITwlayVeJXMbKEI=?=