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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/newlist')
| -rwxr-xr-x | bin/newlist | 69 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/bin/newlist b/bin/newlist index d3b46996..3f42c9d1 100755 --- a/bin/newlist +++ b/bin/newlist @@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ Usage: %(PROGRAM)s [options] [listname [listadmin-addr [admin-password]]] Options: -l language - --language language + --language=language Make the list's preferred language `language', which must be a two letter language code. + -u urlhost + --urlhost=urlhost + Gives the list's web interface host name. + + -e emailhost + --emailhost=emailhost + Gives the list's email domain name. + -q/--quiet Normally the administrator is notified by email (after a prompt) that their list has been created. This option suppresses the prompt and @@ -44,18 +52,35 @@ configured Mailman, certain defaults were calculated, but if you are running multiple virtual Mailman sites, then the defaults may not be appropriate for the list you are creating. -You can specify the domain to create your new list in by spelling the listname +You also specify the domain to create your new list in by typing the command like so: - mylist@www.mydom.ain + newlist --urlhost=www.mydom.ain mylist where `www.mydom.ain' should be the base hostname for the URL to this virtual -hosts's lists. E.g. with is setting people will view the general list +hosts's lists. E.g. with this setting people will view the general list overviews at http://www.mydom.ain/mailman/listinfo. Also, www.mydom.ain -should be a key in the VIRTUAL_HOSTS mapping in mm_cfg.py/Defaults.py. It -will be looked up to give the email hostname. If this can't be found, then -www.mydom.ain will be used for both the web interface and the email -interface. +should be a key in the VIRTUAL_HOSTS mapping in mm_cfg.py/Defaults.py if +the email hostname to be automatically determined. + +If you want the email hostname to be different from the one looked up by the +VIRTUAL_HOSTS or if urlhost is not registered in VIRTUAL_HOSTS, you can specify +`emailhost' like so: + + newlist --urlhost=www.mydom.ain --emailhost=mydom.ain mylist + +where `mydom.ain' is the mail domain name. If you don't specify emailhost but +urlhost is not in the virtual host list, then mm_cfg.DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST will +be used for the email interface. + +For backward compatibility, you can also specify the domain to create your +new list in by spelling the listname like so: + + mylist@www.mydom.ain + +where www.mydom.ain is used for `urlhost' but it will also be used for +`emailhost' if it is not found in the virtual host table. Note that +'--urlhost' and '--emailhost' have precedence to this notation. If you spell the list name as just `mylist', then the email hostname will be taken from DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and the url will be taken from DEFAULT_URL (as @@ -98,13 +123,16 @@ def usage(code, msg=''): def main(): try: - opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hql:', - ['help', 'quiet', 'language=']) + opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hql:u:e:', + ['help', 'quiet', 'language=', + 'urlhost=', 'emailhost=']) except getopt.error, msg: usage(1, msg) lang = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_SERVER_LANGUAGE quiet = 0 + urlhost = None + emailhost = None for opt, arg in opts: if opt in ('-h', '--help'): usage(0) @@ -112,6 +140,10 @@ def main(): quiet = 1 if opt in ('-l', '--language'): lang = arg + if opt in ('-u', '--urlhost'): + urlhost = arg + if opt in ('-e', '--emailhost'): + emailhost = arg # Is the language known? if lang not in mm_cfg.LC_DESCRIPTIONS.keys(): @@ -123,12 +155,16 @@ def main(): listname = raw_input(_('Enter the name of the list: ')) listname = listname.lower() - host_name = None - web_page_url = None if '@' in listname: + # note that --urlhost and --emailhost have precedence listname, domain = listname.split('@', 1) - host_name = mm_cfg.VIRTUAL_HOSTS.get(domain, domain) - web_page_url = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN % domain + urlhost = urlhost or domain + emailhost = emailhost or mm_cfg.VIRTUAL_HOSTS.get(domain, domain) + + urlhost = urlhost or mm_cfg.DEFAULT_URL_HOST + host_name = emailhost or \ + mm_cfg.VIRTUAL_HOSTS.get(urlhost, mm_cfg.DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) + web_page_url = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN % urlhost if Utils.list_exists(listname): usage(1, _('List already exists: %(listname)s')) @@ -168,9 +204,8 @@ def main(): usage(1, _('List already exists: %(listname)s')) # Assign domain-specific attributes - if host_name: - mlist.host_name = host_name - mlist.web_page_url = web_page_url + mlist.host_name = host_name + mlist.web_page_url = web_page_url # And assign the preferred language mlist.preferred_language = lang |