[Mailman-Users] using withlist

[Todd Pfaff]

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Marc Merlin wrote:

> - Change random options in lists (like turn archiving on, and archives from
>   private to public), because going through the web form for 100+ lists is
>   very time consuming.
> 
> Even if you  don't have the answer to  all of those, any you  can give would
> help.
> Also, if I understand Christopher's  message correctly, withlist can be used
> from  the prompt,  but  python $prefix/bin/withlist  -r  module -l  listname
> doesn't seem to work. 
> Is that true? Does it mean I can't run withlist from shell scripts?

i haven't tried using the '-r module' option to withlist but i do use
withlist from shell scripts like the one below.

here's a quick example of how to write a simple shell script to change a
list option for all your lists (turn off send monthly reminders).  i'm
not sure if the Unlock() is necessary but it doesn't hurt.

#!/bin/csh
set prefix=/home/mailman
cd $prefix/lists
foreach f (*)
  python -i $prefix/bin/withlist -l $f << "EOF"
m.send_reminders=0
m.Save()
m.Unlock()
"EOF"
end

the biggest problem i have with using withlist is that the MailList class
is not clearly documented anywhere (that i know of) so i have to read the
python code to figure out what the variable names are.  please correct me
if i'm wrong and there is somewhere i can find documentation about the
python classes in the mailman code.

i agree with chris and marc.  it would be great to start keeping some of
these contributed utilities, either on the mailman web site or as part of
the mailman distribution. 

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