Not sure if this will help anyone - but I had a requirement to enable remote subscription from a command line. I wrapped a call to cURL for this.

--->8--- #!/bin/bash # mlynn 03/28/2008 # Wrap a call to curl to enable subscription to a mailman list # VERSION="0.1" MAILMANURL="http://lists.yourserver.com/mailman/subscribe" PROGRAM=basename $0

function ERROR # Spew the wrongness { echo "Error: Code $1" echo "${2}?" exit $1 }

function SYNTAX # # Tell the people how you communicate # { echo "SYNTAX:" echo "$PROGRAM $VERSION" echo " $PROGRAM [[email] [firstname] [lastname] [password] [listname]]" echo " This handy script will wrap a call to cURL for the purpose of subscribing" echo " a user to a mailman list. If you fail to provide optional arguments, you" echo " will be prompted to enter them at the command line." echo " " }

function CHECKCURL # # Check for commands you depend upon # { CURL=which curl if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then ERROR 1 "the command curl is missing from the system" fi;

}

function GETARGS # # Get the arguments - duh. # { if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--h" ]; then SYNTAX exit 0 fi if [ -z $1 ]; then { echo "Enter email for user to be subscribed: " read EMAIL if [ -z $EMAIL ]; then ERROR 30 "You must enter a valid email address." fi } else EMAIL=$1 fi if [ -z $2 ]; then { echo "Enter the first name of the person to be subscribed: " read FIRSTNAME if [ -z $FIRSTNAME ]; then ERROR 30 "You the first name of the subscibee." fi } else FIRSTNAME=$2 fi if [ -z $3 ]; then { echo "Enter the last name of the person to be subscribed: " read LASTNAME if [ -z $LASTNAME ]; then ERROR 30 "You the last name of the subscibee." fi } else LASTNAME=$3 fi if [ -z $4 ]; then { echo "Enter the list access password for this user: " read PW if [ -z $PW ]; then ERROR 30 "You must enter a password for $EMAIL." fi } else PW=$4 fi if [ -z $5 ]; then { echo "Enter the list name to subscribe $EMAIL to: " read LIST if [ -z $LIST ]; then ERROR 30 "You must enter a valid listname." fi } else LIST=$5 fi }

function DOCURL # Build the cURL call {

    # urlencode the email '@'
    UEMAIL=`echo $EMAIL | sed "s/\@/\%40/g"`
    CMD="curl -s

$MAILMANURL/${LIST}?email=${UEMAIL}&fullname=$FIRSTNAME%20$LASTNAME&pw=$ PW&pw-conf=$PW&digest=0&email-button=Submit" OUT=${CMD} if echo ${OUT} | grep -i "no such list" ; then { ERROR 30 "List $LIST not found. Please check and try again." } else { echo "List subscription for the following user appears to have worked." echo "Email: $EMAIL" echo "Full Name: $FIRSTNAME $LASTNAME" echo "The user should recieve an email requesting confirmation for this subscription." exit 0 } fi

}

CHECKCURL GETARGS $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 DOCURL ---8<----

-----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+michael_lynn=ml.com@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+michael_lynn=ml.com@python.org] On Behalf Of lists.mailman-users@duinheks.nl Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 4:47 AM To: mailman-users Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] How to import a list of members?

Hallo Zbigniew,

Op vrijdag 25 april 2008 schreef Zbigniew Szalbot aan lists.mailman-users@duinheks.nl:

...

Is it possible to import an ASCII list of members for a mailing list? ZS> Take a look at bin/add_members script ZS> Run it with --help to see what options there are

Lovely! That seems to de exactly what I want. Thank tou very much for your help.

Groeten,

       Hans.

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