[Mailman-Developers] Documentation for config.db file?

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "DD" == Dan Delaney <Dionysos@Dionysia.org> writes:

    DD> Is there any documentation for the format of the config.db
    DD> file?

It is a Python marshal containing a Python dictionary.  The keys are
taken from the attributes on the MailList object.  Only the attributes 
which don't start with a leading underscore are saved.

    DD> Here's my situation. I've written a large database system for
    DD> the membership information of an organization. Each member of
    DD> the organization can login to the website with a password and
    DD> edit his or her own member information (address, bio,
    DD> password, etc). When a member makes a change to his email
    DD> address, or when I add a new member, the program automatically
    DD> makes a change to the majordomo list file, which is simply a
    DD> text file with the email addresses in it. Well, now that I've
    DD> switched the list to Mailman, I can no longer do this because
    DD> I don't know how Mailman stores the subscriber info. I can
    DD> easily modify a db file with PHP, I just need to know how the
    DD> info in laid out in the file.

We do something very similar with the PSA membership.  We use
bin/sync_members to automate synchronizing the mailing list with our
PSA members database, but depending on the information you've got,
it's possible that bin/add_members or bin/remove_members might be more 
appropriate.

If not fit your bill exactly, remember that this stuff is very easy to 
code in Python.  Take a look at the three scripts above for examples.

-Barry