Dear Mr Sapiro, many thanks for your reply. When I create a mailing list without an archive, I’ve noticed that the default value under "Settings > Archiving > Archive policy" is always set to "Public archives". I was wondering if it's possible to change the default to "Do not archive this list" instead. Additionally, in an earlier email, you mentioned that a more convenient way to set default values would be introduced in an upcoming version. Could you please let me know the current status of that development? Many thanks in advance. Best regards, Markus Am 6/23/25 um 19:53 schrieb Mark Sapiro:
On 6/23/25 08:03, Markus Grandpré wrote:
Dear list,
currently, when I create a new mailing list with MM3 the value for "Archive policy" is always set to "Public archives". I'd like to change the default value for "Archive policy" to "Do not archive this list". How can I do this? In Debian 12 I find in </usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/postorius/forms/list_forms.py>: ... but have no idea how to change the settings here. Your help is very appreciated. Are you creating the list in Postorius. If so, you have a choice for list style. Currently those choices are:
Announce only mailing list style. Ordinary discussion mailing list style. Discussion mailing list style with private archives.There is currently no style for a list without archives, but you can implement one. See the thread at https:// lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/Q6QVDWCY3MXPGWEIDWZ277SS3FPJCUVT/ for hints on how to do this with a plugin.
Alternatively, you can do it with a patch like: ``` --- a/src/mailman/styles/default.py +++ b/src/mailman/styles/default.py @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ """Application of list styles to new and existing lists."""
from mailman.core.i18n import _ +from mailman.interfaces.archiver import ArchivePolicy from mailman.interfaces.styles import IStyle from mailman.styles.base import ( Announcement, @@ -91,3 +92,25 @@ class PrivateDefaultStyle( Private.apply(self, mailing_list) Discussion.apply(self, mailing_list) Moderation.apply(self, mailing_list) + + +@public +@implementer(IStyle) +class PublicNoArchiveStyle( + + Identity, BasicOperation, Bounces, Public, Discussion, Moderation): + + """The legacy default style with no archives.""" + + name = 'legacy-default-no-archive' + description = _('Ordinary discussion mailing list style with no archive.') + + def apply(self, mailing_list): + """See `IStyle`.""" + Identity.apply(self, mailing_list) + BasicOperation.apply(self, mailing_list) + Bounces.apply(self, mailing_list) + Public.apply(self, mailing_list) + Discussion.apply(self, mailing_list) + Moderation.apply(self, mailing_list) + mailing_list.archive_policy = ArchivePolicy.never ``` If you are creating lists from the command line `mailman create`, there is a --style-name option to specify the style.
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