test that everything's chimpy

core/tests.py

@@ -693,5 +693,14 @@ class LocaldatetimeTest(TestCase):
         else:
             reload(localdatetime)
         
+class MailingListTests(TestCase):
+    #mostly to check that MailChimp account is setp correctly
 
-    
+    def test_mailchimp(self):
+        from postmonkey import PostMonkey
+        pm = PostMonkey(settings.MAILCHIMP_API_KEY)
+        self.assertEqual(pm.ping(),"Everything's Chimpy!" )
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user('chimp_test', 'eric@gluejar.com', 'chimp_test')
+        self.assertTrue(self.user.profile.on_ml)
+
+