[Mailman-Users] duplicating a mailman list?

[Jon Carnes]

I've seen a python script that does this - it was posted to this list,
so it must be in the archives.  What you really need to do, is edit your
~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py file and add in the defaults that you
prefer.  Then when you create a new list, the defaults will be set
properly to your standards.

Alternately, you can dump out a lists configuration by using
~mailman/bin/dumpdb

You can modify the output and then feed that back into a list (using
dumpdb again) to modify its configuration!  Dumpdb is a great tool and
you can use it to dump out and save various mailing list "syles" (like
announcement only lists, general discussion lists, or moderated private
lists, etc...)

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 08:46, Erez Zadok wrote:
> [I've used mailman for a few years now, but I'm new to this list.]
> 
> How do I create an identical duplicate of a list by another new name?
> 
> I'm using mailman 2.0.13.  I'm generally very happy with it.  When I need to
> create a new list, it takes me time to create it, b/c for the most part I
> want to configure that list identically to other lists (esp. wrt
> privacy/protection features).  Specifically I want to turn on/off certain
> features, etc.  I do so by creating a new list, then going through the Web
> interface for the old and new list, and setting the options by hand.  It's a
> pain and time consuming.
> 
> I could not find a python script to duplicate one list to another.  I'd like
> to copy everything: configuration, archives, and subscribership.  Actually,
> I mostly care about configuration.  I don't mind if the subscribership and
> archives are duplicated or not (I can handle those relatively automatically
> by other means).
> 
> If someone had written a python script to "cp oldlist newlist" please let me
> know.  (I couldn't find it in the faqs either.)
> 
> I also couldn't find this feature in the short list of new mailman 2.1
> features.  Is something like that planned for 2.1?
> 
> Thanks,
> Erez.
> 
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