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[Aumont <address@concealed>]

address@concealed wrote:
> 
> Is there a mean to get rid of the brackets when specifying a custom mail 
> subject for a list ?
This is just the usual way to tag subject in many MLM. We did
it that way because angle brakets are use by sympa parser in
templates so it was rather difficult to leave it in the
custom_subject list parameter.

> 
> If there is no mean to suppress them, what are their use ?  Can I suppress 
> them safely from the source code ?
Yes, here is a diff -c : you just need to change one line.
But don't use "[]" in list templates.

Serge

*** src/List.pm.no_braket       Mon Aug 26 09:26:13 2002
--- src/List.pm Wed Aug 21 16:28:59 2002
***************
*** 1969,1975 ****
  
      ## Add Custom Subject
      if ($admin->{'custom_subject'}) {
!       my $tag = $admin->{'custom_subject'};
        my $subject_field = $msg->head->get('Subject');
        $subject_field =~ s/^\s*(.*)\s*$/$1/;
        if (index(&MIME::Words::decode_mimewords($subject_field), $tag)
<0) {
--- 1969,1975 ----
  
      ## Add Custom Subject
      if ($admin->{'custom_subject'}) {
!       my $tag = '['.$admin->{'custom_subject'}.']';
        my $subject_field = $msg->head->get('Subject');
        $subject_field =~ s/^\s*(.*)\s*$/$1/;
        if (index(&MIME::Words::decode_mimewords($subject_field), $tag)
<0) {

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