[Mailman-Users] Mailman commands from ~mailman/bin/...

[Jon Carnes]

This is a summary of the mailman commands available via the console in
~mailman/bin/
===

add_members:  add regular or digested users to a list.

arch:  rebuild a mailing list's archives.

check_db:  check a mailing list database for corruption.

check_perms:  check the permissions on the Mailman installation.

clone_member:  add a list member with identical settings as an existing
    list member (including password).

config_list:  change list configuration from the command line.

digest_arch:  convert majordomo archives into mailbox format. Old program,
    use with extreme care!

dumpdb:  dump the contents of a Mailman .db file.
    find_member:  find all lists that a specified user is on.
list_lists:  list all the Mailman mailing lists.

list_members:  list all the members of a mailing list.

mmsitepass:  set the site password, good for admin-ing any list.

move_list:  reset where the database looks for its files, if you change
    the name of the dirs because you change the name of the list.

newlist:  create a new mailing list.

remove_members:  remove specified members from a list.

rmlist:  remove an old mailing list - does not remove the archives unless
    you specify -a.

sync_members:  synchronizes mailing list membership with a flat text file.

update:  upgrade from previous version of Mailman to current version.

version:  print out the version of Mailman you are using.

withlist:  advanced interactions with mailing list objects.


paths.py - module used by many Mailman scripts to tell it where its files
    are stored.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda" <arandall at auntminnie.com>
To: "Joshua S. Freeman" <jfreeman at connix.com>
Cc: <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Downloading a copy of the users emails?


> Yeah, but I'm not entirely sure precisely where the file originated. I
have it
> pinned to my corkboard right over my head, and it says "Mailman Site
Administration
> Documentation" at the top. Anybody remember where it came from? <heh>
>
> =)
> Amanda
>
>
> "Joshua S. Freeman" wrote:
>
> > Are all of those utilities documented somewhere?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > J.
> >
> > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001,
> > Amanda wrote:
> >
> > > Hm. Do folks not know of the existence of the bin directory, or are
they
> > > frightened of it? I suppose I use the same methods of evaluating and
exploring
> > > software that I do when playing that minefield game... make your best
guess,
> > > and then click on it and see if it blows up...
> > >
> > > Jeremy: cd to wherever/mailman/bin and do:
> > > ./list_members listname > flatfile.txt
> > >
> > > =)
> > > Amanda
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jeremy Luebke - RockHosting.com" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there a way that I can download a copy of all my members email
addresses
> > > > so I can transfer them to a different program on a different server?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Mailman-Users maillist  -  Mailman-Users at python.org
> > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > Mailman-Users maillist  -  Mailman-Users at python.org
> > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
> > >
> >
> >          -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
> >            Joshua S. Freeman | preferred email: jfreeman at connix.com
> >                    pgp public key: finger jfreeman at connix.com
> >                           http://www.threeofus.com
> >                  -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Mailman-Users maillist  -  Mailman-Users at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Mailman-Users maillist  -  Mailman-Users at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users