April 2020 - Mailman-users - lists.mailman3.org

Disable user registration
by Torge Riedel March 21, 2021

March 21, 2021

Hi list, how can I disable user registration? There are only two users, me - the admin - and an additional owner/moderator. The list setup we use is completely managed by the owner/moderator (about 100 mail adresses per list). Thanks Torge

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Version mismatch
by Andrew Bernard Dec. 9, 2020

Dec. 9, 2020

In the annoucement mail, the new version is - Mailman Core 3.3.0 (Tom Swayer) but on my webpage I see: Mailman Core Version GNU Mailman 3.3.0 (La Villa Strangiato) Mailman Core API Version 3.0 Mailman Core Python Version 3.7.3 (default, Apr 3 2019, 05:39:12) [GCC 8.3.0] Why is the version name from the previous release? is my setup wrong? [There are so many issues I keep reporting here about Mailman that get no response that I wonder if there is something fundamentally wrong with my site.] Andrew

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Welcome Message
by brian＠emwd.com Nov. 25, 2020

Nov. 25, 2020

Is it possible for a list admin to modify the welcome message for a list via Postorius? Is the process: 1. Log into Postorious 2. Click on the Templates tab. 3. Select New Template. 4. Select "The notice sent to a member when they are subscribed to the mailing list" 5. Add your text and click the save button. Is the correct process? I am using the latest Docker release of Mailman 3.

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Internal Server Error by Clicking on OrmQ Queue
by Stephan Krinetzki Nov. 4, 2020

Nov. 4, 2020

Dear list, on our Mailman 3 system we are hitting the following error by clicking a link to admin/django_q/ormq/: Server Error The Log prints: --- ERROR 2019-08-26 08:48:01,704 10311 django.request Internal Server Error: /admin/django_q/ormq/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 566, in get_field return self.fields_map[field_name] KeyError: 'task_id' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/utils.py", line 276, in lookup_field f = _get_non_gfk_field(opts, name) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/utils.py", line 307, in _get_non_gfk_field field = opts.get_field(name) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 568, in get_field raise FieldDoesNotExist("%s has no field named '%s'" % (self.object_name, field_name)) django.core.exceptions.FieldDoesNotExist: OrmQ has no field named 'task_id' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 35, in inner response = get_response(request) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 158, in _get_response response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 156, in _get_response response = response.render() File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 106, in render self.content = self.rendered_content File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 83, in rendered_content content = template.render(context, self._request) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py", line 61, in render return self.template.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 175, in render return self._render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 167, in _render return self.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 155, in render return compiled_parent._render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 167, in _render return self.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 155, in render return compiled_parent._render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 167, in _render return self.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 67, in render result = block.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 67, in render result = block.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/library.py", line 214, in render _dict = self.func(*resolved_args, **resolved_kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 326, in result_list 'results': list(results(cl))} File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 302, in results yield ResultList(None, items_for_result(cl, res, None)) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 293, in __init__ super().__init__(*items) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 212, in items_for_result f, attr, value = lookup_field(field_name, result, cl.model_admin) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/utils.py", line 289, in lookup_field value = attr() File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/models.py", line 200, in task_id return self.task()['id'] File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/models.py", line 194, in task return SignedPackage.loads(self.payload) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/signing.py", line 31, in loads serializer=PickleSerializer) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/core_signing.py", line 38, in loads return serializer().loads(data) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/signing.py", line 44, in loads return pickle.loads(data) UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128) ERROR 2019-08-26 08:48:01,704 10311 django.request Internal Server Error: /admin/django_q/ormq/ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 566, in get_field return self.fields_map[field_name] KeyError: 'task_id' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/utils.py", line 276, in lookup_field f = _get_non_gfk_field(opts, name) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/utils.py", line 307, in _get_non_gfk_field field = opts.get_field(name) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/options.py", line 568, in get_field raise FieldDoesNotExist("%s has no field named '%s'" % (self.object_name, field_name)) django.core.exceptions.FieldDoesNotExist: OrmQ has no field named 'task_id' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 35, in inner response = get_response(request) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 158, in _get_response response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 156, in _get_response response = response.render() File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 106, in render self.content = self.rendered_content File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/response.py", line 83, in rendered_content content = template.render(context, self._request) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/backends/django.py", line 61, in render return self.template.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 175, in render return self._render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 167, in _render return self.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 155, in render return compiled_parent._render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 167, in _render return self.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 155, in render return compiled_parent._render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 167, in _render return self.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 67, in render result = block.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 67, in render result = block.nodelist.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 943, in render bit = node.render_annotated(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/base.py", line 910, in render_annotated return self.render(context) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/template/library.py", line 214, in render _dict = self.func(*resolved_args, **resolved_kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 326, in result_list 'results': list(results(cl))} File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 302, in results yield ResultList(None, items_for_result(cl, res, None)) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 293, in __init__ super().__init__(*items) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py", line 212, in items_for_result f, attr, value = lookup_field(field_name, result, cl.model_admin) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/utils.py", line 289, in lookup_field value = attr() File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/models.py", line 200, in task_id return self.task()['id'] File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/models.py", line 194, in task return SignedPackage.loads(self.payload) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/signing.py", line 31, in loads serializer=PickleSerializer) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/core_signing.py", line 38, in loads return serializer().loads(data) File "/opt/mailman/mailman-venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django_q/signing.py", line 44, in loads return pickle.loads(data) UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128) --- Any ideas how to see the complete queue an maybe delete some defunct entries?

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Mails are not archived at all -- how to check if Hyperkitty is running or not?
by Franklin Weng Sept. 23, 2020

Sept. 23, 2020

Hi, I set up the mailman3 services and lists, and we can send mail to the list successfully. However in the Archive section I couldn't see anything and all the lists were "inactive" and hence were hidden by default. I confirmed that api_key set in the /etc/mailman3/mailman-hyperkitty.cfg and /etc/mailman3/mailman-web.py is the same. I also confirmed that the apache2 wsgi module has been loaded. In the mailman.cfg database is set to mysql and in the mailman-web.py database is set to sqlite3. Does it matter? I tried to search but couldn't find any further information or discussion about this. There is no systemd service for Hyperkitty. How can I check if Hyperkitty is running or not? Thanks, Franklin

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Mailman 3.2.0 Hyperkitty fulltext index error
by Marvin Gülker July 31, 2020

July 31, 2020

Hi, I've just upgraded to Mailman 3.2.0 (finally everything Python 3 now, thanks!) and it appears to work. However, there's a repeating error message in mailman-suite's logfile for Hyperkitty that looks like this: ERROR 2018-07-12 14:28:33,895 2742 hyperkitty.lib.utils Failed to update the fulltext index: ord() expected a character, but string of length 0 found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/hyperkitty/lib/utils.py", line 179, in run_with_lock fn(*args, **kwargs) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/hyperkitty/search_indexes.py", line 115, in update_index update_cmd.update_backend("hyperkitty", "default") File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/haystack/management/commands/update_index.py", line 276, in update_backend last_max_pk=max_pk) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/haystack/management/commands/update_index.py", line 97, in do_update backend.update(index, current_qs, commit=commit) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/haystack/backends/whoosh_backend.py", line 178, in update self.setup() File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/haystack/backends/whoosh_backend.py", line 126, in setup self.index = self.storage.open_index(schema=self.schema) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/whoosh/filedb/filestore.py", line 176, in open_index return indexclass(self, schema=schema, indexname=indexname) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/whoosh/index.py", line 421, in __init__ TOC.read(self.storage, self.indexname, schema=self._schema) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/whoosh/index.py", line 632, in read check_size("int", _INT_SIZE) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/whoosh/index.py", line 626, in check_size sz = stream.read_varint() File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/whoosh/filedb/structfile.py", line 191, in read_varint return read_varint(self.read) File "/home/mailman/env3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/whoosh/util/varints.py", line 102, in read_varint b = ord(readfn(1)) TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 0 found The error repeats every minute, so I suppose it comes from the minutely cronjob. This cronjob looks like this: * * * * * mailman bash -c 'cd /home/mailman && . /home/mailman/env3/bin/activate && django-admin runjobs minutely --pythonpath /home/mailman/mailman-suite/mailman-suite_project --settings settings' What's wrong here? Marvin -- Blog: https://mg.guelker.eu PGP/GPG ID: F1D8799FBCC8BC4F

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Update a member's display_name
by Nick Wynja July 8, 2020

July 8, 2020

Hi all, I want to update some list member's display_name either with mailman shell or mailmanclient. These mostly aren't users in Postorius so I only want to operate on the subscribed list member. I've tried everything I can find in the docs and am stuck. I've tried using `user_manager.get_user()` and then updating `user.display_name` followed by a `commit()` but it doesn't seem to persist the change. The `absorb_existing` flag for mailmanclient's `User.add_address()` looks promising but the docs read "It will import the existing user into the current one, not overwriting any previously set value." which in some cases, the member already has a display_name set. I haven't tried this yet. I'd appreciate any help pointing in the right direction. Thanks, Nick

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Hyperkitty 403 Forbidden Error
by Phil Thompson June 25, 2020

June 25, 2020

I'm in the process of setting up mailman3. The only problem I seem to be having is getting Hyperkitty to archive messages. Rather than the authorisation problems people have previously asked about on the list, I am getting a 403 error... Aug 05 15:38:40 2019 (10229) HyperKitty failure on http://localhost/mailman3/hyperkitty/api/mailman/urls: <html><title>Forbidden</title><body> <h1>Access is forbidden</h1></body></html> (403) Aug 05 15:38:58 2019 (10222) HyperKitty failure on http://localhost/mailman3/hyperkitty/api/mailman/archive: <html><title>Forbidden</title><body> <h1>Access is forbidden</h1></body></html> (403) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Phil

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locked files problem after reboot
by mailman3＠malevil.cc June 20, 2020

June 20, 2020

hey, I have got a problem with flufl.lock in mailman3. When my server is rebooted, locked files seems to stay and cause errors so mailman3 core wont start (it is started automatically by supervisord service): PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/bin/master.py", line 146, in acquire_lock lock = acquire_lock_1(force) File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/bin/master.py", line 125, in acquire_lock_1 lock.lock(timedelta(seconds=0.1)) File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/_lockfile.py", line 259, in lock raise TimeOutError('Could not acquire the lock') flufl.lock._lockfile.TimeOutError: Could not acquire the lock I have to remove the files in var/locks manually to go forward. Is there a configuration error for my setup? Or is it just a not fixed bug? Greetsn, jekyl

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Re: Walk-thru for Ubuntu Bionic Mailman 3 Full setup
by Michael Sage June 17, 2020

June 17, 2020

Hi, I came across this really useful guide (posted to the list earlier). It has all gone really well and mailman 3 is installed. However, I have an issue, when I go to login using Postorius, I get the login page when I enter my credentials the page appears to hang and eventually goes to a Error 500 page. This totally hangs all of the mailman 3 web interface (but not apache). I then have to reboot the server to even get back to the login page. Any tips please? Thanks

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