Magento: Newsletter subscriber import script

magento-newsletter-subscriber-import.php

<?php
require_once("./app/Mage.php");
Mage::app();

$subscribers = array('[email protected]', '[email protected]');

foreach ($subscribers as $email) {
    # create new subscriber without send an confirmation email
    Mage::getModel('newsletter/subscriber')->setImportMode(true)->subscribe($email);
    
    # get just generated subscriber
    $subscriber = Mage::getModel('newsletter/subscriber')->loadByEmail($email);

    # change status to "subscribed" and save
    $subscriber->setStatus(Mage_Newsletter_Model_Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED);
    $subscriber->save();
}
?>