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authorBarry Warsaw2008-02-27 01:26:18 -0500
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+# Copyright (C) 1998-2008 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+import sha
+import sys
+import getpass
+import datetime
+import optparse
+
+from mailman import Errors
+from mailman import Message
+from mailman import Utils
+from mailman import Version
+from mailman import i18n
+from mailman.app.lifecycle import create_list
+from mailman.configuration import config
+from mailman.initialize import initialize
+from mailman.interfaces import ListAlreadyExistsError
+
+
+_ = i18n._
+
+
+
+def parseargs():
+ parser = optparse.OptionParser(version=Version.MAILMAN_VERSION,
+ usage=_("""\
+%prog [options] fqdn_listname
+
+Create a new mailing list.
+
+fqdn_listname is the 'fully qualified list name', basically the posting
+address of the list. It must be a valid email address and the domain must be
+registered with Mailman.
+
+Note that listnames are forced to lowercase."""))
+ parser.add_option('-l', '--language',
+ type='string', action='store',
+ help=_("""\
+Make the list's preferred language LANGUAGE, which must be a two letter
+language code."""))
+ parser.add_option('-o', '--owner',
+ type='string', action='append', default=[],
+ dest='owners', help=_("""\
+Specific a listowner email address. If the address is not currently
+registered with Mailman, the address is registered and linked to a user.
+Mailman will send a confirmation message to the address, but it will also send
+a list creation notice to the address. More than one owner can be
+specified."""))
+ parser.add_option('-q', '--quiet',
+ default=False, action='store_true',
+ help=_("""\
+Normally the administrator is notified by email (after a prompt) that their
+list has been created. This option suppresses the prompt and
+notification."""))
+ parser.add_option('-a', '--automate',
+ default=False, action='store_true',
+ help=_("""\
+This option suppresses the prompt prior to administrator notification but
+still sends the notification. It can be used to make newlist totally
+non-interactive but still send the notification, assuming at least one list
+owner is specified with the -o option.."""))
+ parser.add_option('-C', '--config',
+ help=_('Alternative configuration file to use'))
+ opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+ # We can't verify opts.language here because the configuration isn't
+ # loaded yet.
+ return parser, opts, args
+
+
+
+def main():
+ parser, opts, args = parseargs()
+ initialize(opts.config)
+
+ # Set up some defaults we couldn't set up in parseargs()
+ if opts.language is None:
+ opts.language = config.DEFAULT_SERVER_LANGUAGE
+ # Is the language known?
+ if opts.language not in config.languages.enabled_codes:
+ parser.error(_('Unknown language: $opts.language'))
+ # Handle variable number of positional arguments
+ if len(args) == 0:
+ parser.error(_('You must supply a mailing list name'))
+ elif len(args) == 1:
+ fqdn_listname = args[0].lower()
+ elif len(args) > 1:
+ parser.error(_('Unexpected arguments'))
+
+ # Create the mailing list, applying styles as appropriate.
+ try:
+ mlist = create_list(fqdn_listname, opts.owners)
+ mlist.preferred_language = opts.language
+ except Errors.InvalidEmailAddress:
+ parser.error(_('Illegal list name: $fqdn_listname'))
+ except ListAlreadyExistsError:
+ parser.error(_('List already exists: $fqdn_listname'))
+ except Errors.BadDomainSpecificationError, domain:
+ parser.error(_('Undefined domain: $domain'))
+
+ config.db.flush()
+
+ # Send notices to the list owners. XXX This should also be moved to the
+ # Mailman.app.create module.
+ if not opts.quiet and not opts.automate:
+ print _('Hit enter to notify $fqdn_listname owners...'),
+ sys.stdin.readline()
+ if not opts.quiet:
+ d = dict(
+ listname = mlist.fqdn_listname,
+ admin_url = mlist.script_url('admin'),
+ listinfo_url = mlist.script_url('listinfo'),
+ requestaddr = mlist.request_address,
+ siteowner = mlist.no_reply_address,
+ )
+ text = Utils.maketext('newlist.txt', d, mlist=mlist)
+ # Set the I18N language to the list's preferred language so the header
+ # will match the template language. Stashing and restoring the old
+ # translation context is just (healthy? :) paranoia.
+ with i18n.using_language(mlist.preferred_language):
+ msg = Message.UserNotification(
+ owner_mail, mlist.no_reply_address,
+ _('Your new mailing list: $listname'),
+ text, mlist.preferred_language)
+ msg.send(mlist)