[Mailman-Users] Can't Delete Corrupt Subscriber Address

[Allan Hansen]

How about:

bin/list_members -f <list>|grep -v -e "xxx at xxx.com" > <list>
bin/sync_members -f <list> <list>

Allan



>Tim wrote:
>>
>>We have a subscriber address that has /t on the end of it (xxx at xxx.com/t) which can only be seen when dumping the lists config file.  The subscriber address looks normal xxx at xxx.com) when looking for it using any other method (list members, etc).
>
>
>Do you mean '\t', i.e. a tab character? Is the difference between '\t'
>and '/t' a typo here or does it have something to do with your lack of
>success?
>
>If you try the '-f' option with list_members, you might actually see
>the <tab> between 'xxx.com' and the terminating '>'.
>
>
>>I've tried to use reg exps using remove member with no luck
>
>
>Do you mean bin/remove_members? It doesn't accept regexps, only literal
>addresses, and it won't accept a '\t' escape - you'd need to give it
>an actual tab character.
>
>You could try
>
>bin/remove_members listname 'xxx at xxx.com<tab>'
>
>where <tab> represents an actual tab character
>
>>and tried using the method described in the FAQ (3.13. How do I remove a user name or email address with an illegal character in it?) with no luck either.
>
>
>Try bin/withlist -l listname
>
>and then at the '>>>' prompts type
>
>adr = 'xxx at xxx.com\t'    (this should be the actual address of course)
>m.removeMember(adr)
>
>If that throws an exception, try
>
>del m.members[adr]
>
>
>Then in any case type
>
>m.Save()
>
>in order to save the changed list, and finally type control-D to a
>prompt to end the interactive session.
>
>-- 
>Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
>San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan

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