CONFIG_LIST(8)



CONFIG_LIST(8)              System Manager's Manual             CONFIG_LIST(8)

NAME
       config_list  -  Configure  a  Mailman mailing list from a text file de-
       scription

SYNOPSIS
       config_list [options] listname

DESCRIPTION
       This is a very powerful script which lets you view and modify a  list's
       configuration  variables from the command line.  E.g.  you can dump out
       all the list options into a plain text file (actually  a  valid  Python
       file!),  complete  with  comments explaining each variable.  Or you can
       apply the configuration from such a file to a particular list.

OPTIONS
       -i filename, --inputfile=filename
              Configure the list by assigning each module-global  variable  in
              the  file  to  an  attribute on the list object, then saving the
              list.  The named file is loaded with execfile() and must be  le-
              gal  Python  code.  Any variable that isn't already an attribute
              of the list object is ignored (a warning  message  is  printed).
              See also the -c option.

              A  special variable named `mlist' is put into the globals during
              the execfile, which is bound  to  the  actual  MailList  object.
              This lets you do all manner of bizarre thing to the list object,
              but BEWARE!  Using this can severely (and possibly  irreparably)
              damage your mailing list!

       -o filename, --outputfile=filename
              Instead  of  configuring the list, print out a list's configura-
              tion variables in a format suitable for input using this script.
              In  this  way, you can easily capture the configuration settings
              for a particular list and  imprint  those  settings  on  another
              list.  filename is the file to output the settings to.  If file-
              name is `-', standard out is used.

       -c, --checkonly
              The modified list is not actually changed.  Only useful with -i.

       -v, --verbose
              Print the name of each attribute as it is being  changed.   Only
              useful with -i.

       -h, --help
              Print a small help text and exit

NOTES
       The options -o and -i are mutually exclusive.

AUTHOR
       Author  of  Mailman  is the Mailman Cabal, see http://www.list.org/ for
       information. This manpage is written by  Tollef  Fog  Heen  <tfheen@de-
       bian.org> for Debian, but may be used by others.

SEE ALSO
       Mailman     documentation     on     http://www.list.org/     and    in
       /usr/share/doc/mailman.

                                  2001-03-10                    CONFIG_LIST(8)

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