>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Greg> On 04 December 2001, Tass Chapman said: >> Is there a quicker way to remove members than the UI or the >> remove_members tool? I can quickly use emacs to load and find >> the email in the config.db, but I am not sure of the syntax and >> am rather loathe to just delete at will. Greg> Aieee!! Don't do this -- you will completely hose Mailman's Greg> configuration for that list. config.db is a binary file, Greg> you can't edit it with a text editor. Well, write and distribute an emacs mode for it. Here's proof of concept: ;;; mailman-db-mode.el --- help the user to correctly edit config.db ;; This is in the public domain, the author does not want to be ;; associated with such shamelessness in any way shape or form. ;; Please delete the post after reading. ;; This will crash your default-configured Emacs. No other warranty, ;; express or implied, is provided. (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("config\\.db$" . mailman-db-mode)) (defun mailman-db-mode () "Convenient, efficient access to your Mailman list configuration databases." (message "Not implemented yet. Use Mailman instead. Or implement me.") (sleep-for 2) (message "This will teach you not to try to edit binary files!") (sleep-for 2) ;; we are not a destructive virus, be careful of user data (save-buffers-kill-emacs 'dont-ask)) ;;; end mailman-db-mode.el -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users