[Mailman-Users] Admin unsubscribe members by e-mail

[Allen Watson]

On 11/5/04 5:34 PM, "Mark Sapiro" <msapiro at value.net> wrote:

> Allen Watson wrote:
> 
>> Applescript can use "do shell script" to access shell commands. I don't seem
>> to have wget on my OS 10.3.5 system; can "curl" do the job?
>> 
>> I tried running it; it returned the HTML for the page, looking like it is
>> halfway there. I tried entering the URL you gave (with appropriate values
>> substituted), but it seems to call up the member options page with
>> everything from the user's address on as the user's address. That is, it
>> says, "Yourlist list: Member Options for
>> joe at 4example.net&unsub=1&unsubconfirm=1&password=AdminPwd" at the top of the
>> page. It does not seem to understand anything after that address. Is
>> something missing?
>> 
>> This approach seems really promising; I hope we can work out the kinks.
> 
> The first & should be ?
> 
> http://www.example.com/mailman/options/test_2/joe@example.net?unsub=1&unsubcon
> firm=1&password=AdminPwd
> 
Yes! That works. Thanks a million; I will write me an AppleScript that will
let me select an e-mail address, run the script, and cause that person to be
unsubscribed. And as I manage six lists, it will let me select from a list
of six names. 

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Your companion on the journey,
Allen Watson

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