4.69. Why aren't my mm_cfg.py settings for DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN and DEFAULT_URL_HOST effective?

This is covered in other FAQs, but it comes up often enough that it deserves a FAQ of its own.

Many things in Mailman are based on the value of a hidden list attribute web_page_url. These include URLs on the admin pages, URLs in archives, URLs in RFC2369 headers, etc., and when VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW has not been set Off, what lists appear on what 'overview' pages.

The web_page_url attribute is set at list creation time from DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN and DEFAULT_URL_HOST or in the case of virtual hosts, from the current or specified web host. Subsequent changes to DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN and DEFAULT_URL_HOST do not affect existing lists.

In order to change existing lists, you run fix_url. Run

 bin/fix_url.py

stand alone for it's help information, but briefly, to run fix_url on a single list, run

 bin/withlist -l -r fix_url <listname> [fix_url options]

To run it on all lists at once, run

 bin/withlist -l -a -r fix_url -- [fix_url options]

The '--' is only required if you specify fix_url options. It separates the fix_url options from the withlist options and isn't required in the first case as the list name does this in that case.

See also FAQ 4.45 at <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.045.htp>, FAQ 4.65 at <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.065.htp>, and FAQ 4.71 at <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.071.htp>.

Last changed on Tue Apr 24 19:53:32 2007 by Brad Knowles Converted from the Mailman FAQ Wizard

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