on Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 11:57:05PM +0100, Andreas von Heydwolff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Just wondering - is it possible to write a script for mailing a few > initial subscribe or unsubscribe messages for one's favorite lists to > the server managing the listmembers or does this process depend on the > web page/cgi or whatever? > > Not that it is all too much work via the web page, but typing a small > command that does it all in a jiffy before leaving town for a week or > while unpacking the bag upon one's return would be nice.
There _are_ the bulk-action pages:
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe
Otherwise, a sketch of a bash script:
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#!/bin/bash
# Bulk actions on mailing lists (using MajorSmart syntax)
# Pick an appropriate action. See:
# http://www.infodrom.org/projects/majorsmart/
ACTION='subscribe'
# ACTION='unsubscribe'
# example of lists, change to suit
LISTS="debian-user debian-devel debian-security
for LIST in $LISTS
do
echo "$LIST: $ACTION"
echo "$ACTION" |
mutt -s "$ACTION" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
done
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You'd still need to respond to the verification messages later, possibly
via a procmail rule, though I'd discourage this.
While you don't need a body on the mail, I find it can be a useful
mnemonic.
Peace.
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