Now that the wiki's posting policy is closed again (cf #450 zwiki.org open to spam), issue mail-in to the wiki will no longer work (because it can't recognize list subscribers directly).
bugs@zwiki.org could become an alias for the list, or we just tell people to send bugs to the list. Then, the right title should cause an appropriate issue to be created. Eg '[IssueNoXXXX issue description]?'. XXXX should be assumed to mean "the next available issue number".
... --simon, 2003/04/26 19:35 GMT
But I'd rather have bugs@zwiki.org accept any subject like before.
why not configure with mailman? --PieterB, 2003/04/27 21:47 GMT
I think only a few people will use e-mail for sending issues.
Why don't you make bugs@zwiki.org a seperate mailinglist, which you can set to approval and have the zwikilist as a member for that list. Regular posters can subscribe themselves to the mailinglist, and set their account to "no mail" on the bug list.
... --PieterB, 2003/04/27 22:03 GMT
i meant approving messaging with a low spam score (or allow them if they are a subscriber).
... --PieterB, 2003/04/27 22:03 GMT
i meant approving messaging with a low spam score (or allow them if they are a subscriber).
that sounds like lots of work --SimonMichael, 2003/05/06 22:48 GMT
I think we can do something like this:
- allow issues to be created by sending to the list as described above (normal page creation)
- allow issues to be created more easily by sending to bugs: bugs forwards to the mailin script, which does a new trick: it just adds the required IssueNoXXXX? prefix then forwards the mail to the list.
- non-subscribers will be able to send bugs to either address, they will just get held for approval by the list admin.
I think that works. mailin.py is perhaps not the right place for preprocessing list mail, but it's already there..
... --SimonMichael, 2003/05/06 22:50 GMT
But on the other hand, I haven't fully understood your plan.
simpler: --SimonMichael, 2003/05/06 22:54 GMT
Or, perhaps
- change the bugs alias to forward to the list
- in mailin.py, recognize when a mail was originally addressed to bugs; in that case, make sure to give it an issue name
resolved --simon, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:13:59 -0700 reply
Status: open => closed
This works nowadays.