Multiple list owners at creation
Hi,
is it possible to create a new list with more than one owner? Or do I have to create the list with one owner and add the others later?
I'm thinking about doing something like: newlist testlist owner1@domain owner2@domain supersecretpassphrase
Thanks Julian
On 1/11/2017 6:56 AM, Julian Kippels wrote:
Here is a patch that I got from Mark Sapiro many years ago; I assume that it is in the list archives. Note that I cannot ensure that this cut-and-paste will survive line wrap. This is a piece of the "script" output when I last built a Mailman package for Debian/Ubuntu. Also note that any owner addresses after the first are not checked for syntax. ----- vm20# cat ~b19141/newlist.owners.patch.13 --- newlist 2009-09-14 11:47:56.046875000 -0700 +++ newlistx 2009-10-02 12:51:16.671875000 -0700 @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ You can specify as many of the arguments as you want on the command line you will be prompted for the missing ones. +Note that listadmin-addr can be a comma separated list of addresses. + Every Mailman list has two parameters which define the default host name outgoing email, and the default URL for all web interfaces. When you configured Mailman, certain defaults were calculated, but if you are run @@ -173,7 +175,9 @@ owner_mail = args[1] else: owner_mail = raw_input( - _('Enter the email of the person running the list: ')) + _('Enter the email(s) of the person running the list: ')) + owner_emails = owner_mail.split(',') + owner_mail = owner_emails[0] if len(args) > 2: listpasswd = args[2] @@ -208,6 +212,9 @@ except Errors.MMListAlreadyExistsError: usage(1, _('List already exists: %(listname)s')) + # assign the owners + mlist.owner = owner_emails + # Assign domain-specific attributes mlist.host_name = host_name mlist.web_page_url = web_page_url @@ -246,7 +253,7 @@ i18n.set_language(mlist.preferred_language) try: msg = Message.UserNotification( - owner_mail, siteowner, + owner_emails, siteowner, _('Your new mailing list: %(listname)s'), text, mlist.preferred_language) msg.send(mlist) vm20# patch -p0 < ~b19141/newlist.owners.patch.13 patching file newlist vm20# diff newlist newlist.original 50,51d49 < Note that listadmin-addr can be a comma separated list of addresses. < 178,180c176 < _('Enter the email(s) of the person running the list: ')) < owner_emails = owner_mail.split(',') < owner_mail = owner_emails[0] ---
_('Enter the email of the person running the list: '))
215,217d210 < # assign the owners < mlist.owner = owner_emails < 256c249 < owner_emails, siteowner, ---
owner_mail, siteowner,
vm20# pwd ----- --Barry Finkel
On 1/11/2017 6:56 AM, Julian Kippels wrote:
Here is a patch that I got from Mark Sapiro many years ago; I assume that it is in the list archives. Note that I cannot ensure that this cut-and-paste will survive line wrap. This is a piece of the "script" output when I last built a Mailman package for Debian/Ubuntu. Also note that any owner addresses after the first are not checked for syntax. ----- vm20# cat ~b19141/newlist.owners.patch.13 --- newlist 2009-09-14 11:47:56.046875000 -0700 +++ newlistx 2009-10-02 12:51:16.671875000 -0700 @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ You can specify as many of the arguments as you want on the command line you will be prompted for the missing ones. +Note that listadmin-addr can be a comma separated list of addresses. + Every Mailman list has two parameters which define the default host name outgoing email, and the default URL for all web interfaces. When you configured Mailman, certain defaults were calculated, but if you are run @@ -173,7 +175,9 @@ owner_mail = args[1] else: owner_mail = raw_input( - _('Enter the email of the person running the list: ')) + _('Enter the email(s) of the person running the list: ')) + owner_emails = owner_mail.split(',') + owner_mail = owner_emails[0] if len(args) > 2: listpasswd = args[2] @@ -208,6 +212,9 @@ except Errors.MMListAlreadyExistsError: usage(1, _('List already exists: %(listname)s')) + # assign the owners + mlist.owner = owner_emails + # Assign domain-specific attributes mlist.host_name = host_name mlist.web_page_url = web_page_url @@ -246,7 +253,7 @@ i18n.set_language(mlist.preferred_language) try: msg = Message.UserNotification( - owner_mail, siteowner, + owner_emails, siteowner, _('Your new mailing list: %(listname)s'), text, mlist.preferred_language) msg.send(mlist) vm20# patch -p0 < ~b19141/newlist.owners.patch.13 patching file newlist vm20# diff newlist newlist.original 50,51d49 < Note that listadmin-addr can be a comma separated list of addresses. < 178,180c176 < _('Enter the email(s) of the person running the list: ')) < owner_emails = owner_mail.split(',') < owner_mail = owner_emails[0] ---
_('Enter the email of the person running the list: '))
215,217d210 < # assign the owners < mlist.owner = owner_emails < 256c249 < owner_emails, siteowner, ---
owner_mail, siteowner,
vm20# pwd ----- --Barry Finkel
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