This script is meant to be called by cron, and trys to gate any new

news to mailing lists.

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 1998 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import paths
+import maillist, mm_cfg, mm_utils, marshal, os
+
+names = mm_utils.list_names()
+try:
+    file = open(os.path.join(mm_cfg.DATA_DIR, "gate_watermarks"), "r")
+    watermarks = marshal.load(file)
+except IOError, (x,y):
+    if x <> 2:
+      raise IOError, (x, y)
+    watermarks = {}
+
+for name in names:
+    if watermarks.has_key(name):
+        wm = watermarks[name]
+    else:
+        wm = 0
+    # Save the current state to .last, in case we crash while writing out,
+    # and corrupt the file.
+    list = maillist.MailList(name)
+    file = open(os.path.join(mm_cfg.DATA_DIR, "gate_watermarks.last"), "w")
+    marshal.dump(watermarks, file)
+    file.close()
+    watermarks[name] = list.PollNewsGroup(wm)
+    # Save after every newsgroup... should probably save after every post.
+    # Reason being, want to make sure in case of a system crash or something,
+    # The same messages don't get gated multiple times.
+    file = open(os.path.join(mm_cfg.DATA_DIR, "gate_watermarks"), "w")
+    marshal.dump(watermarks, file)
+    file.close()
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