Changing addresses
The mailman changeaddress
command is used to change an email address for
a user.
>>> from mailman.testing.documentation import cli
>>> command = cli('mailman.commands.cli_changeaddress.changeaddress')
Usage
Here is the complete usage for the command.
>>> command('mailman changeaddress --help')
Usage: changeaddress [OPTIONS] OLD_ADDRESS NEW_ADDRESS
Change a user's email address from old_address to possibly case-preserved
new_address.
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Examples
First we create an address.
>>> from mailman.interfaces.usermanager import IUserManager
>>> from zope.component import getUtility
>>> user_manager = getUtility(IUserManager)
>>> user_manager.create_address('anne@example.com', 'Anne Person')
<Address: Anne Person <anne@example.com> [not verified] at ...
Now we can change the email address.
>>> command('mailman changeaddress anne@example.com anne@example.net')
Address changed from anne@example.com to anne@example.net.
>>> print(user_manager.get_address('anne@example.com'))
None
>>> user_manager.get_address('anne@example.net')
<Address: Anne Person <anne@example.net> [not verified] at ...
We can also change only the case of an address
>>> command('mailman changeaddress anne@example.net Anne@example.net')
Address changed from anne@example.net to Anne@example.net.
>>> user_manager.get_address('anne@example.net')
<Address: Anne Person <Anne@example.net> [not verified] key: anne@example.net at ...