A very basic 1 shot python script that uses mailman CLI to send the subscribers list of all mailing list

mailman lists subscribers

#!/usr/bin/python
#
#
# a simple script to use the mailman cli
# to send via email the list of members of each mailman list
#
#
import smtplib
import string
import commands
import sys


def get_lists():
  cmd = '/usr/local/mailman/bin/list_lists -b'
  output  = commands.getoutput(cmd)
  return output.split()


def send_mailing_list_users(mailing_list):
  cmd = '/usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members -f ' + mailing_list
  output = commands.getoutput(cmd)
  SUBJECT = mailing_list
  TO = "EM@IL.COM"
  FROM = "EM@IL.COM"
  text = output
  BODY = string.join((
  "From: %s" % FROM,
  "To: %s" % TO,
  "Subject: %s" % SUBJECT ,
  "",
  text
  ), "\r\n")
  server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com")
  #server.set_debuglevel(1) 
  server.ehlo()
  server.starttls()
  server.ehlo()
  server.login('EM@IL.COM', 'PASSWORD')
  server.sendmail(FROM, [TO], BODY)
  server.quit()
#list_of_mailing_lists = get_list()
for mailing_list in get_lists():
  send_mailing_list_users(mailing_list)

sys.exit(0)