sync_members(8) [suse man page]

SYNC_MEMBERS(8) 					      System Manager's Manual						   SYNC_MEMBERS(8)

NAME

       sync_members - Synchronize a mailing list's membership with a flat file.

SYNOPSIS

       sync_members [options] -f file listname

DESCRIPTION

       This  script  is useful if you have a Mailman mailing list and a sendmail :include: style list of addresses (also as is used in Majordomo).
       For every address in the file that does not appear in the mailing list, the address is added.  For every address in the mailing	list  that
       does not appear in the file, the address is removed.  Other options control what happens when an address is added or removed.

OPTIONS

       -n, --no-change
	      Don't actually make the changes.	Instead, print out what would be done to the list.

       -w={ yes | no }, --welcome-msg={ yes | no }
	      Sets whether or not to send the newly added members a welcome message, overriding whatever the list's `send_welcome_msg' setting is.
	      With -w=yes or -w, the welcome message is sent.  With -w=no, no message is sent.

       -d={ yes | no }, --digest={ yes | no }
	      Selects whether to make newly added members receive messages in digests.	With -d=yes or -d, they become digest members.	With -d=no
	      (or if no -d option given) they are added as regular members.

       -a={ yes | no }, --notifyadmin={ yes | no }
	      Specifies  whether  the  admin should be notified for each subscription or unsubscription.  If you're adding a lot of addresses, you
	      definitely want to turn this off!  With -a=yes or -a, the admin is notified.  With -a=no, the admin is not  notified.   With  no	-a
	      option, the default for the list is used.

       -f=filename, --file=filename
	      This option is required.	It specifies the flat file to synchronize against.  Email addresses must appear one per line.  If filename
	      is `-' then stdin is used.

       -h, --help
	      Print a small help text and exit

       listname specifies the list to synchronize.

AUTHOR

       Author of Mailman is the  Mailman  Cabal,  see  http://www.list.org/  for  information.	 This  manpage	is  written  by  Tollef  Fog  Heen
       <tfheen@debian.org> for Debian

SEE ALSO

       Mailman documentation on http://www.list.org/ and in /usr/share/doc/mailman.

								    2001-03-10							   SYNC_MEMBERS(8)

withlist(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       withlist(8)

NAME

       withlist - General framework for interacting with a mailing list object.

SYNOPSIS

       withlist [options] listname [args ...]

       There are two ways to use this script: interactively or programmatically.  Using it interactively allows you to play with, examine and mod-
       ify a MailList object from Python's interactive interpreter.  When running interactively, a MailList object called `m' will be available in
       the global namespace.  It also loads the class MailList into the global namespace.

       Programmatically,  you  can write a function to operate on a MailList object, and this script will take care of the housekeeping (see below
       for examples).  In that case, the general usage syntax is:

OPTIONS

       -l, --lock
	      Lock the list when opening.  Normally the list is opened unlocked (e.g. for read-only operations).  You can  always  lock  the  file
	      after the fact by typing `m.Lock()'

	      Note  that  if  you  use this option, you should explicitly call m.Save() before exiting, since the interpreter's clean up procedure
	      will not automatically save changes to the MailList object (but it will unlock the list).

       -i, --interactive
	      Leaves you at an interactive prompt after all other processing is complete.  This is the default unless the -r option is given.

       -r [module.]callable, --run [module.]callable
	      This can be used to run a script with the opened MailList object.  This works by attempting to import module (which must already	be
	      accessible on your sys.path), and then calling callable from the module.	callable can be a class or function; it is called with the
	      MailList object as the first argument.  If additional args are given on the command line, they are passed as  subsequent	positional
	      args to the callable.

	      Note that module. is optional; if it is omitted then a module with the name callable will be imported.

	      The global variable `r' will be set to the results of this call.

       -a, --all
	      This  option  only  works with the -r option.  Use this if you want to execute the script on all mailing lists.  When you use -a you
	      should not include a listname argument on the command line.  The variable `r' will be a list of all the results.

       -q, --quiet
	      Suppress all status messages.

       -h, --help
	      Print a small help text and exit

EXAMPLES

       Here's an example of how to use the -r option.  Say you have a file in the Mailman installation directory called  `listaddr.py',  with  the
       following two functions:

	 def listaddr(mlist):
	     print mlist.GetListEmail()

	 def requestaddr(mlist):
	     print mlist.GetRequestEmail()

       Now, from the command line you can print the list's posting address by running the following from the command line:

	 % bin/withlist -r listaddr mylist
	 Loading list: mylist (unlocked)
	 Importing listaddr ...
	 Running listaddr.listaddr() ...
	 mylist@myhost.com

       And you can print the list's request address by running:

	 % bin/withlist -r listaddr.requestaddr mylist
	 Loading list: mylist (unlocked)
	 Importing listaddr ...
	 Running listaddr.requestaddr() ...
	 mylist-request@myhost.com

       As another example, say you wanted to change the password for a particular user on a particular list.  You could put the following function
       in a file called `changepw.py':

	 from Mailman.Errors import NotAMemberError

	 def changepw(mlist, addr, newpasswd):
	     try:
		 mlist.setMemberPassword(addr, newpasswd)
		 mlist.Save()
	     except NotAMemberError:
		 print 'No address matched:', addr

	and run this from the command line:
	% bin/withlist -l -r changepw mylist somebody@somewhere.org foobar

AUTHOR

       Author of Mailman is the Mailman Cabal, see http://www.list.org/ for information.  This manpage is written for Debian by Bernd S.  Brentrup
       <bsb@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       Mailman documentation on http://www.list.org/ and in /usr/share/doc/mailman.

								    2004-03-24							       withlist(8)