Re: mailing list size

[Aaron Falk <falk@isi.edu>]

Ralph Droms wrote:
> Is there a way to automatically subtract disabled accounts
> from the total reported by mailman?

Nope.  Here's what I did:

 1. save single page listing of subscriptions as a text file
 2. open in emacs; 
 3. regex substitution of s/(.*)// (this because emacs is helpful and
 ignores parentheses in alphabetical sort)
 4. alphabetical line sort
 5. count non-blank lines

> 
> - Ralph
> 
> At 03:29 PM 3/19/2003 -0800, Aaron Falk wrote:
> >Matthew J Zekauskas wrote:
> >> However, if you've had the list running with mailman for a long
> >> time, there may be a significant number of entries that have
> >> 'nomail' turned on because the mail addresses bounced.
> >> Using your own address and admin password, you can also get
> >> the whole list off the public information page.  That list
> >> is a single page showing non-digest-subscribed members,
> >> digest-subscribed members, and ones that have "nomail" set are
> >> italicised in parenthesis.
> >
> >Indeed.  The pilc list changes from 672 to 496 when disabled email
> >accounts are subtracted.
> >
> >--aaron