May 2019 - Mailman-users - lists.mailman3.org

Upgrade
by David Krantz May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

Hi all, I am running a relatively old version of mailman 3, namely 3.2.0a1 from late september 2017. This is installed using the old mailman-bundler method. I use postfix and postgres. I really have two questions: First: What is the normal way to upgrade such a setup? I guess that I just can get the updated versions of all packages through git, set up new venv's to simplify a rollback, back up the database and then just restarting with the new version hoping for the best. Second: Another way would be to set up a new virtual server and reinstall everything and then just switching IPs on the servers. Then: what is the preferred way to install mailman3 today, docker only? I will also have to move all config and data to the new server, this should be mainly about restoring a database backup and copying relevant config, is there anything I miss here? cheers // David

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How to remove global ban using API?
by Nathan Dixon May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

I am using a global ban to stop anyone not in a list of valid domains from being able to subscribe to any of our lists. This ban needs to be maintained using the Mailman3 api as it is being fed from another source. I can create the ban fine by the following: from mailmanclient import Client client = Client(URI,apiuser,apipass) client.bans.add("^(?!.*[(a)\.](validdomain1\.com|validdomain2\.org|validdomain3\.co\.uk)") However, I cannot seem to be able to remove it using the api: >>> client.bans[0].delete() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/base.py", line 137, in delete self._connection.call(self._url, method='DELETE') File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/connection.py", line 99, in call raise HTTPError(url, response.status, content, response, None) urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: b'' Or >>> client.bans.remove(str(client.bans[0])) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restobjects/ban.py", line 83, in remove ban.delete() File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/base.py", line 137, in delete self._connection.call(self._url, method='DELETE') File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/connection.py", line 99, in call raise HTTPError(url, response.status, content, response, None) urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: b'' Or >>> client.bans.remove("^(?!.*[(a)\.](validdomain1\.com|validdomain2\.org|validdomain3\.co\.uk))") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restobjects/ban.py", line 83, in remove ban.delete() File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/base.py", line 137, in delete self._connection.call(self._url, method='DELETE') File "/home/wanout/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/connection.py", line 99, in call raise HTTPError(url, response.status, content, response, None) urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: b'' And also, when I now try and go into the mailman-core docker image to use the mailman.interfaces.bans, it will not let me see the global bans: >>> from mailman.interfaces.bans import IBanManager >>> global_bans = IBanManager(None) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: ('Could not adapt', None, <InterfaceClass mailman.interfaces.bans.IBanManager>) I have opened an issue in Gitlab for this as I feel it may be a bug related to regex and global bans (there was a similar one for list banned addresses): https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman/issues/598 Many thanks for your time, -- *Nathan Dixon* MEng Senior Software Architect m: +44 (0)7402 690311 t: +44 (0)20 81231252 e: nathan.dixon(a)evadon.com w: www.evadon.com This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal, professional or other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you should not store it, copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy from your system. The views expressed are those of the sender and not necessarily those of Evadon. Please note that whilst we scan all e-mails for viruses we cannot guarantee that any e-mail is virus-free. Please be advised that we expressly reserve the right to monitor email content for the purposes of ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies and your sending to, or receiving from, us of any email constitutes your agreement to these terms. Evadon Dynamics Limited, registered in England No. 09494097. Registered Office: Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus, 3 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ

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Uncaught runner exception with out runner process
by Alan So May 18, 2019

May 18, 2019

The out runner process shutdown with the following error. Any clue? May 16 17:32:12 2019 (31602) Uncaught runner exception: (pymysql.err.InternalError) (1053, 'Server shutdown in progress') [SQL: 'SELECT anon_1.member_id AS anon_1_member_id, anon_1.member__member_id AS anon_1_member__member_id, anon_1.member_role AS anon_1_member_role, anon_1.member_list_id AS anon_1_member_list_id, anon_1.member_moderation_action AS anon_1_member_moderation_action, anon_1.member_address_id AS anon_1_member_address_id, anon_1.member_preferences_id AS anon_1_member_preferences_id, anon_1.member_user_id AS anon_1_member_user_id \nFROM (SELECT member.id AS member_id, member._member_id AS member__member_id, member.`role` AS member_role, member.list_id AS member_list_id, member.moderation_action AS member_moderation_action, member.address_id AS member_address_id, member.preferences_id AS member_preferences_id, member.user_id AS member_user_id \nFROM member, address \nWHERE member.list_id = %(list_id_1)s AND member.`role` = %(role_1)s AND address.email = %(email_1)s AND member.address_id = address.id UNION SELECT member.id AS member_id, member._member_id AS member__member_id, member.`role` AS member_role, member.list_id AS member_list_id, member.moderation_action AS member_moderation_action, member.address_id AS member_address_id, member.preferences_id AS member_preferences_id, member.user_id AS member_user_id \nFROM member, address, user \nWHERE member.list_id = %(list_id_2)s AND member.`role` = %(role_2)s AND address.email = %(email_2)s AND member.user_id = user.id AND user._preferred_address_id = address.id) AS anon_1'] [parameters: {'list_id_1': 'listname.list.company.domain', 'role_1': 1, 'email_1': 'usera(a)company.domain', 'list_id_2': 'listname.list.company.domain', 'role_2': 1, 'email_2': 'usera(a)company.domain'}] (Background on this error at: http://sqlalche.me/e/2j85) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/core/runner.py", line 173, in _one_iteration File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/core/runner.py", line 266, in _process_one_file File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/runners/outgoing.py", line 93, in _dispose

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installation choices for mm3
by John Griessen May 17, 2019

May 17, 2019

I've been reading https://wiki.list.org/DOC/Mailman%203%20installation%20experience and see that a virtual is recommended, which is not something I have done yet, and wonder if just putting the mm3 on a different server is easier? I have a server, mail1.cibolo.us that has postfix, postgresql, dovecot, mm2, nsd on it. Another server has just web pages and nsd doing backup DNS for mail1.cibolo.us DNS server. I could do a straight debian install of mailman3-full on the 2nd server and keep it simple, let debian setup a blank database installation, right? Has anyone seen a good write up on how to do that on a debian server step by step?

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Any known limit of number of lists that one can be owner/member of?
by Alan So May 15, 2019

May 15, 2019

We have just migrated hundreds of lists from Mailman 2 to Mailman 3. It was smooth in most of the cases. However, we just notice that there are some abnormal behaviour of Postorius for particular users who are owner/member of a large number of lists. We further look into a particular user who is owner of 84 lists. When the user login Postorius, only 50 lists are displayed no matter what the number of "Results per page" is chosen. Prev/Next page cannot be clicked as there is only 1 page. When I use the following mailman client snippet, it also displays the same 50 lists: lists = client.find_lists('xxx(a)yyy.com', 'owner') for m_list in lists: print(m_list.fqdn_listname) Did we hit any limit of find_lists? Is it a bug or are something wrong during the migration? When the user use "Mailman settings", the page can still display all lists though (it's slow as it probably did a lot of SQL queries!).

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Re: Archive Policy not reflecting in Hyperkitty
by Abhilash Raj May 14, 2019

May 14, 2019

Are you using images with "rolling" tags? If yes, you should try to switch to "0.2" tag and the new release will be tagged with the same one. To update, you can do: $ docker pull ... $ docker pull .. $ docker-compose stop $ docker-compose rm $ docker-compose up -d This should basically get you up and running with the new image you pulled. -- thanks, Abhilash Raj (maxking)

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Archive Policy not reflecting in Hyperkitty
by Nathan Dixon May 7, 2019

May 7, 2019

So the issue I am seeing is that when I set a lists archive policy to prviate, it isn't reflecting that in Hyperkitty. I am running the docker installation of Mailman, postorius and hyperkitty. So I go into the docker instance of mailman-core and run this: python3 manage.py shell from hyperkitty.models.mailinglist import MailingList MailingList.objects.all().values_list('name', 'archive_policy') And all my lists are showing '2', regardless of how I set the mailing list archive policy. This might be a duplicate of https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/… Am I missing something in my install? Or is this a bug? Many thanks for your attention, -- *Nathan Dixon* MEng Senior Software Architect m: +44 (0)7402 690311 t: +44 (0)20 81231252 e: nathan.dixon(a)evadon.com w: www.evadon.com This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal, professional or other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you should not store it, copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy from your system. The views expressed are those of the sender and not necessarily those of Evadon. Please note that whilst we scan all e-mails for viruses we cannot guarantee that any e-mail is virus-free. Please be advised that we expressly reserve the right to monitor email content for the purposes of ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies and your sending to, or receiving from, us of any email constitutes your agreement to these terms. Evadon Dynamics Limited, registered in England No. 09494097. Registered Office: Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus, 3 Concourse Way, Sheffield, S1 2BJ

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Moderate mails from owner
by Henrik Rasmussen May 7, 2019

May 7, 2019

I assume this is by design, but is it correct that a list owner, who are not member, will always be allowed to post to the list, even though "Default action to take when a member posts to the list" and "Default action to take when a non-member posts to thelist" are both set to "Hold for moderation"? The owner is set as also moderator, by the way, which seems redundant. I have a list administrator who would like to be moderated when sending to the list, but there is no Member Options on Owners (nor Moderators). A workaround may be to create a new account for the owner and let the current owner be member instead of owner, as she will then be moderated. /Henrik Rasmussen

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Creating and placing custom templates
by kelly.close＠lrewater.com May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

I know there are previous threads related to this topic but none were very recent so I thought I'd start a new one. I've referenced two of the old ones below. I am attempting to implement a custom footer on one of my lists. This seems like it should be straightforward but I'm clearly doing something wrong, since the default footer keeps coming through despite my efforts. I've referenced the docs as well as these two posts, to no avail. https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/thread/… https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/message… Here's what I'm doing: I found my templates folder and verified it matched what is set in the mailman.cfg file - on my Ubuntu Bionic system it is /var/lib/mailman3/templates/ In that folder I created the following folders and made sure they were properly owned (by list:list) /var/lib/mailman3/templates/lists/f2p2-test.udfcd-lists.org/en/ Into that en/ folder I placed a file called "list:member:regular:footer" It is a text file with just one line of text in it (a link to a website). Also, because there was a mention in one of the earlier posts that this file should have a .txt extension, I also put the same file in there named "list:member:regular:footer.txt". I have two of my own emails subscribed t my "f2p2-test" list at the domain udfcd-lists.org. When I post to the list, and check my other email for the disseminated post, it still has the default footer. I have restarted the mailman3 service. Can anyone spot an obvious error here or offer troubleshooting suggestions? Thank You! ~Kelly

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We're in Season of Docs!
by Stephen J. Turnbull May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019

So, we're in Season of Docs! Currently, Abhilash and I are registered as mentor/admins. I don't think we need more admins, but more mentors is always a good thing. Hey, users! You don't need to be a programmer to mentor docs, of course, and it may be a *good* thing to *not* be a programmer and even *not* a Mailman developer. :-) Suggestions as to doc projects we *really oughtta do!* are very welcome. (I can't believe we got in with the thin doc proposal I put together literally at the last minute, but here we are. ;-) Feel free to get in touch with us on mailman-developers (reply-to set; please respect) if you're interested in mentoring. Or if you prefer you can contact me or Abhilash directly. We can presumably add mentors up to July 23 (deadline for technical writer selection by orgs). For more information: https://wiki.list.org/DEV/SeasonOfDocs2019 https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/ https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/participants/ https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline Regards, Steve -- Associate Professor Division of Policy and Planning Science http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/ Faculty of Systems and Information Email: turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tel: 029-853-5175 Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN

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