---
name: "rt-email-group-admin-5"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "request-tracker5"
version: "5.0.7+dfsg-4+deb13u3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rt-email-group-admin-5"
---

# rt-email-group-admin-5(8)

Command line tool for administrating NotifyGroup actions

## NAME

rt-email-group-admin - Command line tool for administrating NotifyGroup actions

## SYNOPSIS

```
    rt-email-group-admin --list
    rt-email-group-admin --create 'Notify foo team' --group Foo
    rt-email-group-admin --create 'Notify foo team as comment' --comment --group Foo
    rt-email-group-admin --create 'Notify group Foo and Bar' --group Foo --group Bar
    rt-email-group-admin --create 'Notify user foo@bar.com' --user foo@bar.com
    rt-email-group-admin --create 'Notify VIPs' --user vip1@bar.com
    rt-email-group-admin --add 'Notify VIPs' --user vip2@bar.com --group vip1 --user vip3@foo.com
    rt-email-group-admin --rename 'Notify VIPs' --newname 'Inform VIPs'
    rt-email-group-admin --switch 'Notify VIPs'
    rt-email-group-admin --delete 'Notify user foo@bar.com'
```

## DESCRIPTION

This script list, create, modify or delete scrip actions in the RT DB. Once you've created an action you can use it in a scrip.

For example you can create the following action using this script:

```
    rt-email-group-admin --create 'Notify developers' --group 'Development Team'
```

Then you can add the following scrip to your Bugs queue:

```
    Condition: On Create
    Action:    Notify developers
    Template:  Transaction
    Stage:     TransactionCreate
```

Your development team will be notified on every new ticket in the queue.

## USAGE

rt-email-group-admin --COMMAND ARGS

## COMMANDS

### list

Lists actions and its descriptions.

### create NAME \[--comment\] \[--group GNAME\] \[--user NAME-OR-EMAIL\]

Creates new action with NAME and adds users and/or groups to its recipient list. Would be notify as comment if --comment specified.  The user, if specified, will be auto-created if necessary.

### add NAME \[--group GNAME\] \[--user NAME-OR-EMAIL\]

Adds groups and/or users to recipients of the action NAME.  The user, if specified, will be auto-created if necessary.

### delete NAME

Deletes action NAME if scrips doesn't use it.

### switch NAME

Switch action NAME from notify as correspondence to comment and back.

### rename NAME --newname NEWNAME

Renames action NAME to NEWNAME.

### NOTES

If command has option --group or --user then you can use it more then once, if other is not specified.

## AUTHOR

Ruslan U. Zakirov \<ruz@bestpractical.com\>

## SEE ALSO

RT::Action::NotifyGroup, RT::Action::NotifyGroupAsComment