Wow, that beats my lazy way of doing it, which is simply a cron job
which uses the *add_members* function to import a list of email
addresses from a text file, that I have a PHP script
<http://www.syjmovie.com> saving the addresses to.
Michael Kubler
*G*rey *P*hoenix *P*roductions <http://www.greyphoenix.biz>
Lynn, Michael (A&E) wrote:
Not sure if this will help anyone - but I had a requirement to enable
remote subscription from a command line. I wrapped a call to cURL for
this.
--->8---
#!/bin/bash
# mlynn 03/28/2008
# Wrap a call to curl to enable subscription to a mailman list
#
VERSION="0.1"
MAILMANURL="http://lists.yourserver.com/mailman/subscribe";
PROGRAM=`basename $0`
function ERROR
# Spew the wrongness
{
echo "Error: Code $1"
echo "${2}?"
exit $1
}
function SYNTAX
#
# Tell the people how you communicate
#
{
echo "SYNTAX:"
echo "$PROGRAM $VERSION"
echo " $PROGRAM [[email] [firstname] [lastname] [password]
[listname]]"
echo " This handy script will wrap a call to cURL for the
purpose of subscribing"
echo " a user to a mailman list. If you fail to provide
optional arguments, you"
echo " will be prompted to enter them at the command line."
echo " "
}
function CHECKCURL
#
# Check for commands you depend upon
#
{
CURL=`which curl`
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
ERROR 1 "the command curl is missing from the system"
fi;
}
function GETARGS
#
# Get the arguments - duh.
#
{
if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--h" ]; then
SYNTAX
exit 0
fi
if [ -z $1 ]; then
{
echo "Enter email for user to be subscribed: "
read EMAIL
if [ -z $EMAIL ]; then
ERROR 30 "You must enter a valid email address."
fi
}
else
EMAIL=$1
fi
if [ -z $2 ]; then
{
echo "Enter the first name of the person to be
subscribed: "
read FIRSTNAME
if [ -z $FIRSTNAME ]; then
ERROR 30 "You the first name of the subscibee."
fi
}
else
FIRSTNAME=$2
fi
if [ -z $3 ]; then
{
echo "Enter the last name of the person to be
subscribed: "
read LASTNAME
if [ -z $LASTNAME ]; then
ERROR 30 "You the last name of the subscibee."
fi
}
else
LASTNAME=$3
fi
if [ -z $4 ]; then
{
echo "Enter the list access password for this user: "
read PW
if [ -z $PW ]; then
ERROR 30 "You must enter a password for $EMAIL."
fi
}
else
PW=$4
fi
if [ -z $5 ]; then
{
echo "Enter the list name to subscribe $EMAIL to: "
read LIST
if [ -z $LIST ]; then
ERROR 30 "You must enter a valid listname."
fi
}
else
LIST=$5
fi
}
function DOCURL
# Build the cURL call
{
# urlencode the email '@'
UEMAIL=`echo $EMAIL | sed "s/\@/\%40/g"`
CMD="curl -s
$MAILMANURL/${LIST}?email=${UEMAIL}&fullname=$FIRSTNAME%20$LASTNAME&pw=$
PW&pw-conf=$PW&digest=0&email-button=Submit"
OUT=`${CMD}`
if `echo ${OUT} | grep -i "no such list"` ; then
{
ERROR 30 "List $LIST not found. Please check
and try again."
}
else
{
echo "List subscription for the following user
appears to have worked."
echo "Email: $EMAIL"
echo "Full Name: $FIRSTNAME $LASTNAME"
echo "The user should recieve an email
requesting confirmation for this subscription."
exit 0
}
fi
}
CHECKCURL
GETARGS $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
DOCURL
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