Implicit destination

The implicit-dest rule matches when the mailing list’s posting address is not explicitly mentioned in the set of message recipients.

>>> from mailman.app.lifecycle import create_list
>>> mlist = create_list('_xtest@example.com')
>>> from mailman.config import config
>>> rule = config.rules['implicit-dest']
>>> print(rule.name)
implicit-dest

In order to check for implicit destinations, we need to adapt the mailing list to the appropriate interface.

>>> from mailman.interfaces.mailinglist import IAcceptableAliasSet
>>> alias_set = IAcceptableAliasSet(mlist)

This rule matches messages that have an implicit destination, meaning that the mailing list’s posting address isn’t included in the explicit recipients.

>>> mlist.require_explicit_destination = True
>>> alias_set.clear()

>>> from mailman.testing.helpers import (specialized_message_from_string
...   as message_from_string)
>>> msg = message_from_string("""\
... From: aperson@example.org
... Subject: An implicit message
...
... """)
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

You can disable implicit destination checks for the mailing list.

>>> mlist.require_explicit_destination = False
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
False

Even with some recipients, if the posting address is not included, the rule will match.

>>> mlist.require_explicit_destination = True
>>> msg['To'] = 'myfriend@example.com'
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

Add the posting address as a recipient and the rule will no longer match.

>>> msg['Cc'] = '_xtest@example.com'
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
False

Alternatively, if one of the acceptable aliases is in the recipients list, then the rule will not match.

>>> del msg['cc']
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

>>> alias_set.add('myfriend@example.com')
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
False

A message gated from NNTP will obviously have an implicit destination. Such gated messages will not be held for implicit destination because it’s assumed that Mailman pulled it from the appropriate news group.

>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, dict(from_usenet=True))
False

Additional aliases can be added.

>>> alias_set.add('other@example.com')
>>> del msg['to']
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

>>> msg['To'] = 'other@example.com'
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
False

Aliases can be removed.

>>> alias_set.remove('other@example.com')
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

Aliases can also be cleared.

>>> msg['Cc'] = 'myfriend@example.com'
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
False

>>> alias_set.clear()
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

Alias patterns

It’s also possible to specify an alias pattern, i.e. a regular expression to match against the recipients. For example, we can say that if there is a recipient in the example.net domain, then the rule does not match.

>>> alias_set.add('^.*@example.net')
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
True

>>> msg['To'] = 'you@example.net'
>>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
False

Bad aliases

You cannot add an alias that looks like neither a pattern nor an email address.

>>> alias_set.add('foobar')
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: foobar