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)