NAME

       sync_members - Synchronize a Mailman mailing list's membership with a flat file.

SYNOPSIS

       sync_members [options] -f file listname

DESCRIPTION

       This script is useful if you have a Mailman mailing list and a sendmail :include: style list of addresses
       (also  as is used in Majordomo).  For every address in the file that does not appear in the mailing list,
       the address is added.  For every address in the mailing list that  does  not  appear  in  the  file,  the
       address is removed.  Other options control what happens when an address is added or removed.

OPTIONS

       -n, --no-change
              Don't actually make the changes.  Instead, print out what would be done to the list.

       -w={ yes | no }, --welcome-msg={ yes | no }
              Sets  whether  or  not  to send the newly added members a welcome message, overriding whatever the
              list's `send_welcome_msg' setting is.  With -w=yes or -w,  the  welcome  message  is  sent.   With
              -w=no, no message is sent.

       -g={ yes | no }, --goodbye-msg={ yes | no }
              Sets whether or not to send the goodbye message to removed members, overriding whatever the list's
              `send_goodbye_msg'  setting  is.   With -g=yes or -g, the goodbye message is sent.  With -g=no, no
              message is sent.

       -d={ yes | no }, --digest={ yes | no }
              Selects whether to make newly added members receive messages in digests.  With -d=yes or -d,  they
              become digest members.  With -d=no (or if no -d option given) they are added as regular members.

       -a={ yes | no }, --notifyadmin={ yes | no }
              Specifies whether the admin should be notified for each subscription or unsubscription.  If you're
              adding  a lot of addresses, you definitely want to turn this off!  With -a=yes or -a, the admin is
              notified.  With -a=no, the admin is not notified.  With no -a option, the default for the list  is
              used.

       -f=filename, --file=filename
              This option is required.  It specifies the flat file to synchronize against.  Email addresses must
              appear one per line.  If filename is `-' then stdin is used.

       -h, --help
              Print a small help text and exit.

       listname specifies the list to synchronize.

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.

                                                   2007-07-14                                    SYNC_MEMBERS(8)