mailman withlist script to replace list owner address

replace_owner.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""Replace list's owner address.

This script is intended to be run as a bin/withlist script, i.e.

% bin/withlist -l -r replace_owner listname from_address to_address

If run standalone, it prints this help text and exits.
"""

import sys
import getopt

from Mailman import mm_cfg
from Mailman.i18n import C_


def usage(code, msg=''):
    print C_(__doc__.replace('%', '%%'))
    if msg:
        print msg
    sys.exit(code)


def replace_owner(mlist, from_address, to_address):
    verbose = 1

    # make sure list is locked.
    if not mlist.Locked():
        if verbose:
            print C_('Locking list')
        mlist.Lock()

    owner = [w.replace(from_address, to_address) for w in mlist.owner]
    if verbose:
        print C_(owner)
    mlist.owner = owner
    mlist.Save()
    mlist.Unlock()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    useage(0)