Utils.py   [plain text]


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"""Utilities for list creation/deletion hooks."""

import os
import re
import pwd

from Mailman import mm_cfg



def getusername():
    username = os.environ.get('USER') or os.environ.get('LOGNAME')
    if not username:
        import pwd
        username = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
    if not username:
        username = '<unknown>'
    return username



def _makealiases_mailprog(listname):
    wrapper = os.path.join(mm_cfg.WRAPPER_DIR, 'mailman')
    # Most of the list alias extensions are quite regular.  I.e. if the
    # message is delivered to listname-foobar, it will be filtered to a
    # program called foobar.  There are two exceptions:
    #
    # 1) Messages to listname (no extension) go to the post script.
    # 2) Messages to listname-admin go to the bounces script.  This is for
    #    backwards compatibility and may eventually go away (we really have no
    #    need for the -admin address anymore).
    #
    # We escape a few special characters in the list name in the pipe command
    # to avoid characters that might split the pipe into two commands.
    safename = re.sub('([;|&`$])', r'\\\1', listname)
    #
    # Seed this with the special cases.
    aliases = [(listname,          '"|%s post %s"' % (wrapper, safename)),
               ]
    for ext in ('admin', 'bounces', 'confirm', 'join', 'leave', 'owner',
                'request', 'subscribe', 'unsubscribe'):
        aliases.append(('%s-%s' % (listname, ext),
                        '"|%s %s %s"' % (wrapper, ext, safename)))
    return aliases



def _makealiases_maildir(listname):
    maildir = mm_cfg.MAILDIR_DIR
    if not maildir.endswith('/'):
        maildir += '/'
    # Deliver everything using maildir style.  This way there's no mail
    # program, no forking and no wrapper necessary!
    #
    # Note, don't use this unless your MTA leaves the envelope recipient in
    # Delivered-To:, Envelope-To:, or Apparently-To:
    aliases = [(listname, maildir)]
    for ext in ('admin', 'bounces', 'confirm', 'join', 'leave', 'owner',
                'request', 'subscribe', 'unsubscribe'):
        aliases.append(('%s-%s' % (listname, ext), maildir))
    return aliases



if mm_cfg.USE_MAILDIR:
    makealiases = _makealiases_maildir
else:
    makealiases = _makealiases_mailprog