On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 20:37, Brendan Pratt wrote:

Just installed Mailman, and being such a noob, I can't seem to work out how to utilise the add_members script correctly.

./add_members user@address.com listname

It complains that I haven't used one of the -r or -d options, and that's where I am not clear as to what filename/paths I should be using.

Could somebody hit me with an appropriately sized 'clue stick' ?? :-)

Thanks.

Usage: add_members [options] listname

Options:

--regular-members-file=file
-r file
    A file containing addresses of the members to be added, one
    address per line.  This list of people become non-digest
    members.  If file is `-', read addresses from stdin.  Note that
    -n/--non-digest-members-file are deprecated synonyms for this
    option.

--digest-members-file=file
-d=file
    Similar to above, but these people become digest members.

--changes-msg=<y|n>
-c <y|n>
    Set whether or not to send the list members the `there's going
    to be big changes to your list' message. defaults to no.

--welcome-msg=<y|n>
-w <y|n>
    Set whether or not to send the list members a welcome message,
    overriding whatever the list's `send_welcome_msg' setting is.
                                                                                                    
--admin-notify=<y|n>
-a <y|n>
    Set whether or not to send the list administrators a
    notification on the success/failure of these subscriptions,
    overriding whatever the list's `admin_notify_mchanges'
    setting is.
                                                                                                    
--help
-h
    Print this help message and exit.

====== Even bigger clue ======

vi list.txt emailaddress@domain.com another@domain.com ernie@sesame.str.org

add_members -r list.txt mylistname

#adds the three users from list.txt to the mailing list "mylistname".

HtH - Jon Carnes