bionic (8) config_list.8.gz

NAME

       config_list - Configure a Mailman mailing list from a text file description

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 legal
              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 configuration 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 filename 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@debian.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)