[Mailman-Developers] Storing other data in the list object

Hi,

The Mailman system I'm putting together has lists automatically created/deleted depending on another database (i.e. the university database defines what lists exist, and who owns them, and Mailman should then match this).

I need to be able to store information about when the list was created (this is used in the synchronization procedure). I could save this in another text file, but that is something else to go wrong / get out of synch. Therefore, is the following safe to do, (assuming I use a variable that is unlikely to be used by Mailman itself)? Is there a place I should be using instead of this (i.e. a dictionary in the object called "localdata")?

m = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=1) m.uol_createddate = "something" m.Save() m.Unlock()

Thanks!

Matthew

-- Matthew Newton <mcn4@le.ac.uk>

UNIX and e-mail Systems Administrator, Network Support Section, Computer Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom