Abhilash Raj pushed to branch master at GNU Mailman / Mailman Core
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e1500740 by Daniel Teichmann at 2019-08-25T18:42:01Z
Add docs for ``mailman members --delete`` command.
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e8c62280 by Abhilash Raj at 2019-08-25T18:42:01Z
Merge branch 'mr/remove_members_cmd_docs' into 'master'
Add docs for ``mailman members --delete`` command
See merge request mailman/mailman!547
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1 changed file:
- src/mailman/commands/docs/members.rst
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src/mailman/commands/docs/members.rst
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Managing members
================
The ``mailman members`` command allows a site administrator to display, add,
-and remove members from a mailing list.
+and delete members from a mailing list.
>>> command = cli('mailman.commands.cli_members.members')
@@ -252,18 +252,96 @@ printed.
[email protected]
-Displaying members
-==================
+Deleting members
+==============
-With no arguments, the command displays all members of the list.
+You can delete members from a mailing list from the command line. To do so,
you
+need a file containing email addresses and full names that can be parsed by
+``email.utils.parseaddr()``. All mail addresses in the file will be deleted
+from the mailing list.
- >>> command('mailman members bee.example.com')
- [email protected]
+Assuming you have populated a mailing list with the code examples from above,
+use these code snippets to delete subscriptions from the list again.
+::
+
+ >>> with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+ ... print("""\
+ ... [email protected]
+ ... [email protected] (Cate Person)
+ ... """, file=fp)
+
+ >>> command('mailman members --delete ' + filename + ' bee.example.com')
+
+ >>> from operator import attrgetter
+ >>> dump_list(bee.members.addresses, key=attrgetter('email'))
Bart Person <[email protected]>
- Cate Person <[email protected]>
[email protected]
Elly Person <[email protected]>
Fred Person <[email protected]>
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
+
+You can also specify ``-`` as the filename, in which case the addresses are
+taken from standard input.
+::
+
+ >>> stdin = """\
+ ... [email protected]
+ ... Elly Person <[email protected]>
+ ... """
+ >>> command('mailman members --delete - bee.example.com', input=stdin)
+
+ >>> dump_list(bee.members.addresses, key=attrgetter('email'))
+ Bart Person <[email protected]>
+ Fred Person <[email protected]>
+ [email protected]
+ [email protected]
+ [email protected]
+
+Blank lines and lines that begin with '#' are ignored.
+::
+
+ >>> with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+ ... print("""\
+ ... # [email protected]
+ ...
+ ... [email protected]
+ ... """, file=fp)
+
+ >>> command('mailman members --delete ' + filename + ' bee.example.com')
+
+ >>> dump_list(bee.members.addresses, key=attrgetter('email'))
+ Fred Person <[email protected]>
+ [email protected]
+ [email protected]
+ [email protected]
+
+Addresses which are not subscribed are ignored, although a warning is
+printed.
+::
+
+ >>> with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+ ... print("""\
+ ... [email protected]
+ ... [email protected]
+ ... """, file=fp)
+
+ >>> command('mailman members --delete ' + filename + ' bee.example.com')
+ Member not subscribed (skipping): [email protected]
+
+ >>> dump_list(bee.members.addresses, key=attrgetter('email'))
+ Fred Person <[email protected]>
+ [email protected]
+ [email protected]
+
+
+Displaying members
+==================
+
+With no arguments, the command displays all members of the list.
+
+ >>> command('mailman members bee.example.com')
+ Fred Person <[email protected]>
+ [email protected]
+ [email protected]
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