Handle errors when Mailman's REST server is down

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diff --git a/hyperkitty/lib/mailman.py b/hyperkitty/lib/mailman.py
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+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2012 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of HyperKitty.
+#
+# HyperKitty is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# HyperKitty is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# HyperKitty.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Author: Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org>
+#
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from mailmanclient import Client, MailmanConnectionError
+
+
+def subscribe(list_address, user):
+    client = Client('%s/3.0' % settings.MAILMAN_REST_SERVER,
+                    settings.MAILMAN_API_USER, settings.MAILMAN_API_PASS)
+    rest_list = client.get_list(list_address)
+    try:
+        member = rest_list.get_member(user.email)
+    except ValueError:
+        # not subscribed yet, subscribe the user without email delivery
+        member = rest_list.subscribe(user.email,
+                "%s %s" % (user.first_name, user.last_name))
+        member.preferences["delivery_status"] = "by_user"
+        member.preferences.save()