[Mailman-Users] Need bin/newlist to notify but not prompt

[Mark Sapiro]

Hugh Esco wrote:

>I'm building a script to automate the installation of
>multiple instances of mailman.  I need the bin/newlist to
>complete its work without me answering a prompt I'll never
>see, but still notify the administrator of the new list
>that it has been created and is working.  
>
>bin/newlist -q/--quiet
>Normally the administrator is notified by email (after a
>prompt) that their list has been created.  This option
>suppresses the prompt and notification.
>
>Is there any way to get what I'm looking for without
>hacking on the python code underneath? 


I don't think so. What you want seems reasonable and should be
available with newlist, but currently isn't.

You'll have to remove the two lines that issue the prompt and read the
response.

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