October 2023 - Mailman-users - lists.mailman3.org

Mailman Core 3.3.9 Release
by Abhilash Raj 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

Hello Everyone, Mailman 3.3.9 is now published to PyPI! Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible. Minimum supported Python version for this release is 3.9, we had to drop support for 3.7 & 3.8 due to incompatibilities with importlib-resources package. Maximum Python version supported right now is 3.11, we haven't yet added 3.12 to CI, so un-sure if there are any errors there. The full change log for the release can be found in the docs as usual: https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.… You can download the release via PyPI or via Gitlab Release: https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman/-/releases/v3.3.9 For those of you who need to verify signatures for packages, PyPI doesn't allow publishing signatures anymore so I pushed them to Gitlab Releases along with a copy of the same tarball uploaded to PyPI. I'll be working on the release for the web components tomorrow. -- thanks, Abhilash Raj (maxking)

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[Older bug, but still unsolved] When deleting one or more threads in an archive, django send error mails (based upon "Thread matching query does not exist")
by Wikinaut 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

I installed the venv version to scrutizine whether this old bug is still present (yes it is). How to reproduce: Delete one thread in via the archive - thread - view page. Remark: Thread is deleted as wanted. However, django complains via several (here: two) error mails: 1st mail: [Django] ERROR (EXTERNAL IP): Internal Server Error: /archives/list/test(a)example.com/top-threads Internal Server Error: /archives/list/test(a)example.com/top-threads DoesNotExist at /archives/list/test(a)example.com/top-threads Thread matching query does not exist. ... 2nd mail: [Django] ERROR (EXTERNAL IP): Internal Server Error: /archives/list/test(a)example.com/posted-to Internal Server Error: /archives/list/test(a)example.com/posted-to DoesNotExist at /archives/list/test(a)example.com/posted-to Thread matching query does not exist. ... I wish to fix this problem, how can I help, what can I do? Do you need the full error stack?

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Mailman3 Development Related List?
by Thomas Ward 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

I have some technical questions around custom plugins for Mailman3, related to DB access, etc. within a specific custom plugin. Is there a dedicated list for that, or is this list proper for such questions? Namely, I'm searching for more information regarding existing interfaces, etc. that're exposed from different mailman.* python components and whether we can utilize those without having to implement extra psycopg2 instances/connectivity, etc. but don't want to bombard the users list with technical chatter unless it's intended to be used that way. Thomas

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mailman3 and bookworm
by Servizio Informatico U.I.C.I. Sezione territoriale di Brescia 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Hello, Have you experience in installation of mailman3-full on bookworm? I tried to install it but it returns many errors of python. Thank you -- Roberto Burceni Servizio informatico sezionale Tel. 0302209417 (lunedì e giovedì mattina dalle 9:00 alle 13:00, martedì emercoledì pomeriggio dalle 14:00 alle 18:00 E-mail: servizioinformatico(a)uicibrescia.it Sito web: https://www.uicibresci

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Moving mm3 -> mm3 to different host
by Axel Rau 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Hi all, There are lots of threads for mm2 -> mm3 moves, but only one thread mm3 -> mm3. Some time ago, I found a post from Mark, explaining the steps, but I can't find it again. I have created a working mm3 installation on the new host with both mailman and mail-web dbs imported. hyperkitty archive seems to in the db. What are the next steps to complete the transfer? - rsyncing messages, lists and templates to new host - Setting up DNS CNAMES to the new server - Adapting exim to accept mails to the aliased domain - Can I keep the old listname, with the old domain name? -What else has to be done ? Thanks, Axel -- --- PGP-Key: CDE74120 ☀ mobile: +49 160 7568212 computing @ chaos claudius

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Unusual behavior: Standard discussion lists with prefix are sometimes having prefix *dropped*
by Thomas Ward 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

I noticed some unusual behavior in Mailman3 stable release on PyPI and such. Namely, there are instances where replies are being processed and the prefix tags are simply being **lost** and dropped by Mailman3, instead of being properly prepended where they're supposed to go. Is this a known bug or does it need its own bug in the gitlab tracker? Thomas

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Thread IDs on messages incrementing per reply?
by Thomas Ward 19 Oct '23

19 Oct '23

Trying to use the thread prefix component to *tag* thread IDs in a system, but not increment per message. It looks like replies are being received and then thread prefixes are getting incremented. "[Test-%07d]" is the prefix I"m using on a given test list, but we want it to increment by thread ID and *not* per message. (6 messages for instance have been sent, two were replies to [Test-0000004] and though the system properly archived it in the same conversation, it still incremented the digit counter). Is there a way to achieve this in Mailman3 without me having to write some kind of custom code for this? Thomas

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Rootkit issues
by Kyriakos Terzopoulos 18 Oct '23

18 Oct '23

Hi, After installing mailman and using it for a few days, I got several complaints from my hosting company for abuse. After checking the server, it seems that there is a rootkit (Blitz) running with the mailman process. Has anyone come across this issue? Are there any specific steps to secure the mailman user? Thank you *Kyriakos Terzopoulos *Web developer / e-learning expert *Tel:*+30 211 213 9858 *Mobile:* +30 694 526 4512 * E-mail: *kyriakos.terzopoulos(a)gmail.com * Skype:* kyriakos.terzopoulos Find me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cirrus3d> Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/cirrus3d>

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Simple ubi8/mailman3 container image
by Jered Floyd 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Abhilash maintains a very complete and well-documented container deployment for Mailman 3, but when I was setting up my environment a few months ago I wanted to build on top of RHEL 8 as well as use a database instance shared across multiple applications. So I ended up creating a bare-bones container image that suited my needs and was closer to just doing a simple local install, but keeping the isolation, reproducibility, and rollback benefits of running as a container. I've been meaning to polish it up and share in case it is useful to others, but finally recognizing that I likely won't get to that soon I've just put it on GitHub here: [ https://github.com/jeredfloyd/mailman-container | https://github.com/jeredfloyd/mailman-container ] Doing a "podman build" of this should result in a container image that is very much like the result of doing a venv install. This uses the Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI), which can be freely redistributed, gets upstream security updates, and is eligible for support on a paid RHEL subscription. --Jered

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ATT00001.txt file in Outlook users
by pau.baiges＠csuc.cat 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Hello, Users who have Outlook receive an attached txt file with the name ATT00001.txt when they receive an email from a mailman3 list. Is there a way to stop it from sending this file? Thank you so much

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