1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/maillist.rb b/lib/puppet/type/maillist.rb
index 4ab9be252..fb53bfd0b 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/maillist.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/maillist.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ module Puppet
             newvalue(:purged) do
                 provider.purge
             end
+
+            def change_to_s(current_value, newvalue)
+              return "Purged #{resource}" if newvalue == :purged
+              super
+            end
+
+            def insync?(is)
+                return true if is == :absent && should == :purged
+                super
+            end
         end
 
         newparam(:name, :namevar => true) do