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+#!/usr/local/bin/python 
+#
+# argv[1] should be the name of the list.
+# argv[2] should be the list of non-digested users.
+# argv[3] should be the list of digested users.
+
+# Make sure that the list of email addresses doesn't contain any comments,
+# like majordomo may throw in.  For now, you just have to remove them manually.
+
+import sys, os, crypt, string
+
+sys.path.append('/home/mailman/mailman/modules')
+
+import maillist, mm_utils, mm_message, mm_cfg
+
+
+
+def GetRandomPassword():
+    return "%s%s" % (mm_utils.GetRandomSeed(), mm_utils.GetRandomSeed())
+
+def SendExplanation(users):
+    msg = mm_message.OutgoingMessage()
+    msg.SetSender(list.GetAdminEmail())
+    msg.SetHeader('subject', 'Big change in %s mailing list' % list.real_name)
+    # Yuck, a quick macro, undo this soon.
+    ma = msg.AppendToBody
+    ma('The %s mailing list has just undergone a big change.\n' % list.real_name)
+    ma('It is running on a new mailing list package called "Mailman".\n')
+    ma('This will hopefully solve a lot of problems that administering\n')
+    ma('this list has presented.\n\n')
+    ma('How does this affect you??\n')
+    ma('1) Mail intended for the whole list should be sent to:\n')
+    ma('\t%s\n\n' % list.GetListEmail())
+    ma('2) You have been given an arbitrary password to prevent others\n')
+    ma('   from unsubscribing you from this mailing list.  It will be\n')
+    ma('   mailed to you in a separate mail, which you may have already\n')
+    ma('   received.  YOU DON\'T HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS PASSWORD.\n')
+    ma('   A reminder will be sent to you via email every month.\n')
+    ma('3) If you have World Wide Web access, you can use it at any time\n')
+    ma('   to unsubscribe at any time, to switch to and from digest mode,\n')
+    ma('   to check back issues of the list (which will be available after\n')
+    ma('   the list has been getting posts for a day or so).\n')
+    ma('   The Web address for these resources is:\n')
+    ma('\t\t%s\n\n' % list.GetScriptURL('listinfo'))
+    ma('4) If you do not have WWW access, you can do these same things via\n')
+    ma('   email.  Send mail to:\n')
+    ma('\t\t%s\n\n' % list.GetRequestEmail())
+    ma('   With a subject or body of:\n')
+    ma('\t\thelp\n\n')
+    ma('   You will receive an automated reply giving you further directions.')
+    ma('\n\nPlease address any questions or problems with this new setup to:\n')
+    ma('\t%s\n\n' % list.GetAdminEmail())
+    ma('(This mail was auto-generated by Mailman %s)\n' % mm_cfg.VERSION)
+
+    list.DeliverToList(msg, users, None, None)
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) <> 4:
+    print 'Usage: convert_list <list name> <non-digest-members-file> <digest-members-file>'
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+try:
+    list = maillist.MailList(sys.argv[1])
+except:
+    print 'run newlist first...'
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+try:
+    non_digest_members = string.split(open(sys.argv[2]).read(), '\n')
+except:
+    non_digest_members = []
+    print 'file for non-digest members could not be opened.  Ignoring.'
+try:
+    digest_members     = string.split(open(sys.argv[3]).read(), '\n')
+except:
+    digest_members = []
+    print 'file for digest members could not be opened.  Ignoring.'
+
+def FormatMembers(mbrs):
+    def NotNull(str):
+	return str
+    return filter(NotNull, map(string.strip, mbrs))
+
+non_digest_members = FormatMembers(non_digest_members)
+digest_members     = FormatMembers(digest_members)
+
+
+SendExplanation(non_digest_members + digest_members)
+
+for member in non_digest_members:
+    pw = GetRandomPassword()
+    list.ApprovedAddMember(member, pw, 0)
+
+for member in digest_members:
+    pw = GetRandomPassword()
+    list.ApprovedAddMember(member, pw, 1)
+    
+
+