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Users
=====

Users are entities that represent people.  A user has a real name and a
password.  Optionally a user may have some preferences and a set of addresses
they control.

See usermanager.txt for examples of how to create, delete, and find users.

    >>> from mailman.configuration import config
    >>> usermgr = config.db.user_manager


User data
---------

Users may have a real name and a password.

    >>> user_1 = usermgr.create_user()
    >>> user_1.password = u'my password'
    >>> user_1.real_name = u'Zoe Person'
    >>> sorted(user.real_name for user in usermgr.users)
    [u'Zoe Person']
    >>> sorted(user.password for user in usermgr.users)
    [u'my password']

The password and real name can be changed at any time.

    >>> user_1.real_name = u'Zoe X. Person'
    >>> user_1.password = u'another password'
    >>> sorted(user.real_name for user in usermgr.users)
    [u'Zoe X. Person']
    >>> sorted(user.password for user in usermgr.users)
    [u'another password']


Users addresses
---------------

One of the pieces of information that a user links to is a set of email
addresses they control, in the form of IAddress objects.  A user can control
many addresses, but addresses may be controlled by only one user.

The easiest way to link a user to an address is to just register the new
address on a user object.

    >>> user_1.register(u'zperson@example.com', u'Zoe Person')
    <Address: Zoe Person <zperson@example.com> [not verified] at 0x...>
    >>> user_1.register(u'zperson@example.org')
    <Address: zperson@example.org [not verified] at 0x...>
    >>> sorted(address.address for address in user_1.addresses)
    [u'zperson@example.com', u'zperson@example.org']
    >>> sorted(address.real_name for address in user_1.addresses)
    [u'', u'Zoe Person']

You can also create the address separately and then link it to the user.

    >>> address_1 = usermgr.create_address(u'zperson@example.net')
    >>> user_1.link(address_1)
    >>> sorted(address.address for address in user_1.addresses)
    [u'zperson@example.com', u'zperson@example.net', u'zperson@example.org']
    >>> sorted(address.real_name for address in user_1.addresses)
    [u'', u'', u'Zoe Person']

But don't try to link an address to more than one user.

    >>> another_user = usermgr.create_user()
    >>> another_user.link(address_1)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    AddressAlreadyLinkedError: zperson@example.net

You can also ask whether a given user controls a given address.

    >>> user_1.controls(address_1.address)
    True
    >>> user_1.controls(u'bperson@example.com')
    False

Given a text email address, the user manager can find the user that controls
that address.

    >>> usermgr.get_user(u'zperson@example.com') is user_1
    True
    >>> usermgr.get_user(u'zperson@example.net') is user_1
    True
    >>> usermgr.get_user(u'zperson@example.org') is user_1
    True
    >>> print usermgr.get_user(u'bperson@example.com')
    None

Addresses can also be unlinked from a user.

    >>> user_1.unlink(address_1)
    >>> user_1.controls(u'zperson@example.net')
    False
    >>> print usermgr.get_user(u'aperson@example.net')
    None

But don't try to unlink the address from a user it's not linked to.

    >>> user_1.unlink(address_1)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    AddressNotLinkedError: zperson@example.net
    >>> another_user.unlink(address_1)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    AddressNotLinkedError: zperson@example.net


Users and preferences
---------------------

This is a helper function for the following section.

    >>> def show_prefs(prefs):
    ...     print 'acknowledge_posts    :', prefs.acknowledge_posts
    ...     print 'preferred_language   :', prefs.preferred_language
    ...     print 'receive_list_copy    :', prefs.receive_list_copy
    ...     print 'receive_own_postings :', prefs.receive_own_postings
    ...     print 'delivery_mode        :', prefs.delivery_mode

Users have preferences, but these preferences have no default settings.

    >>> from mailman.interfaces import IPreferences
    >>> show_prefs(user_1.preferences)
    acknowledge_posts    : None
    preferred_language   : None
    receive_list_copy    : None
    receive_own_postings : None
    delivery_mode        : None

Some of these preferences are booleans and they can be set to True or False.

    >>> from mailman.constants import DeliveryMode
    >>> prefs = user_1.preferences
    >>> prefs.acknowledge_posts = True
    >>> prefs.preferred_language = u'it'
    >>> prefs.receive_list_copy = False
    >>> prefs.receive_own_postings = False
    >>> prefs.delivery_mode = DeliveryMode.regular
    >>> show_prefs(user_1.preferences)
    acknowledge_posts    : True
    preferred_language   : it
    receive_list_copy    : False
    receive_own_postings : False
    delivery_mode        : DeliveryMode.regular