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Reply-To: Jason [WeatherServer] <Jason@Weatherserver.net> To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Mass Footer Change Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:18:33 -0500

I am completely Python stupid. How can I do a mass change of all footers on the lists I run without going list to list using the web interface.

Create a script, for example, call it 'newfooter.py' and save it under the same diretory as 'withlist' script (/usr/lib/mailman/bin for my Debian installation).

The newfooter.py:

def newfooter(mlist, file): fp = open(file) nfooter = fp.read() fp.close() mlist.msg_footer = nfooter mlist.Save()

Then you can run (as root or mailman user):

withlist -l -r newfooter <list> <file>

This will change the footer of <list> with the content in <file>.

You wil need a script around it to feed it with multiple lists.

This probably doesn't help much if you don't have login access to the mailman server. We developed a remote command line interface so our list owners can manage their lists via command line without having to login to the server.

Xueshan

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