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

changeaddress command and nonmembers
by Mike Wertheim Feb. 2, 2023

Feb. 2, 2023

I recently upgraded a Mailman 2 installation (which included a number of email lists) to Mailman 3.3.3. There is one human user who in the past has used two different email addresses. Let's call them oldaddress(a)hotmail.com and newaddress(a)gmail.com. This person used to participate on an email list using oldaddress(a)hotmail.com (both posting and receiving). He then unsubscribed oldaddress(a)hotmail.com from the list and then subscribed to the email list as newaddress(a)gmail.com. All of this happened while using Mailman 2. Now that we're on Mailman 3 and the email list was migrated from MM2 to MM3, we see that newaddress(a)gmail.com is a Member of the list, and we see that oldaddress(a)hotmail.com is a NonMember of the list. That all makes sense. But now, this person has decided that they actually want to go back to using the old address. So I ran the command "mailman changeaddress newaddress(a)gmail.com oldaddress(a)hotmail.com". But that gave me this output: Usage: mailman changeaddress [OPTIONS] OLD_ADDRESS NEW_ADDRESS Try 'mailman changeaddress -h' for help. Error: Address oldaddress(a)hotmail.com already exists; can't change. Can anyone explain how I can do what I'm trying to accomplish? (Also, why is this error displaying the usage message? That seems odd, since the number and type of arguments was correct.)

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Improve logging?
by Odhiambo Washington Feb. 1, 2023

Feb. 1, 2023

Some entries in the log files can be very scary, while in actual sense they are harmless. Such inconsequential, but scary entiess can mess up the well-being of a SysAdmin. I humbly request for the logs related to posts by non-members to a MM3 list to be improved a little bit :-) Here is the example in mailman.log: <cut> Jan 31 10:03:54 2023 (92481) DISCARD: < 2a1c588a6ccd47abbf57ee5fc61c9946(a)phellineconsultancy.co.ke>; ['The message is not from a list member'] [31/Jan/2023:10:04:48 +0300] "GET /3.1/users/1bad08f703fe4bc0a829f4bdce10fc8f HTTP/1.1" 200 253 "-" "GNU Mailman REST client v3.3.5" [31/Jan/2023:10:04:48 +0300] "GET /3.1/users/1bad08f703fe4bc0a829f4bdce10fc8f/addresses HTTP/1.1" 200 473 "-" "GNU Mailman REST client v3.3.5" Jan 31 10:18:09 2023 (92343) deque: do_confirm_verify Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/mm/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/app/workflow.py", line 69, in __next__ return step() File "/opt/mailman/mm/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 476, in _step_send_confirmation raise StopIteration StopIteration </cut> Is there a possibility to change the logging engine to just *fold* the last 7 lines into "The message is not from a list member. It was discarded", or something close? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)

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Fwd: [Django] ERROR (EXTERNAL IP): Internal Server Error: /archives/search
by Johannes Rohr Feb. 1, 2023

Feb. 1, 2023

Hello everyone! below is a "permission denied" error I get when trying to perform a fulltext search. -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Django] ERROR (EXTERNAL IP): Internal Server Error: /archives/search Datum: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:30:14 -0000 Von: johannes(a)rohr.org An: johannes(a)rohr.org Internal Server Error: /archives/search PermissionError at /archives/search [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'fulltext_index' Request Method: GET Request URL: http://lists.*****.org/archives/search?mlist=pinnwand%40lists.*****&q=medit… Django Version: 4.1.5 Python Executable: /opt/mailman/venv/bin/uwsgi Python Version: 3.10.6 Python Path: ['.', '', '/etc/mailman3', '/usr/lib/python310.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.10', '/usr/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload', '/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages'] Server time: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:30:14 +0100 Installed Applications: ['hyperkitty', 'postorius', 'django_mailman3', 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'rest_framework', 'django_gravatar', 'compressor', 'haystack', 'django_extensions', 'django_q', 'allauth', 'allauth.account', 'allauth.socialaccount'] Installed Middleware: ('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', 'django_mailman3.middleware.TimezoneMiddleware', 'postorius.middleware.PostoriusMiddleware') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 55, in inner response = get_response(request) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 197, in _get_response response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/hyperkitty/views/search.py", line 88, in search emails = paginate( File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django_mailman3/lib/paginator.py", line 71, in paginate objects = paginator.page(page_num) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/paginator.py", line 75, in page number = self.validate_number(number) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/paginator.py", line 53, in validate_number if number > self.num_pages: File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 57, in __get__ res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/paginator.py", line 102, in num_pages if self.count == 0 and not self.allow_empty_first_page: File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 57, in __get__ res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/paginator.py", line 96, in count return c() File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/query.py", line 527, in count return len(self) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/query.py", line 82, in __len__ self._result_count = self.query.get_count() File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/backends/__init__.py", line 658, in get_count self.run() File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/backends/__init__.py", line 593, in run results = self.backend.search(final_query, **search_kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/backends/__init__.py", line 32, in wrapper return func(obj, query_string, *args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/backends/whoosh_backend.py", line 412, in search self.setup() File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/haystack/backends/whoosh_backend.py", line 133, in setup os.makedirs(self.path) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) Exception Type: PermissionError at /archives/search Exception Value: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'fulltext_index' Raised during: hyperkitty.views.search.search I don't understand what the cause for the "permission denied" could be. The directory "fulltext_index" is owned by mailman:mailman Does anyone have a hint? I did some googling for the error, but to no avail, unfortunately. Thanks! Johannes

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No option 'postmap_command' in section: 'postfix'
by Odhiambo Washington Feb. 1, 2023

Feb. 1, 2023

The documentation <https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/mta.h…> says that I need to create /path/to/postfix-mailman.cfg containing: [postfix] transport_file_type: regex Then append the path to the [mta] section of mailman.cfg, viz: [mta]incoming: mailman.mta.postfix.LMTPoutgoing: mailman.mta.deliver.deliverlmtp_host: mail.example.comlmtp_port: 8024smtp_host: mail.example.comsmtp_port: 25configuration: /path/to/postfix-mailman.cfg That is exactly what I have done on my test platform, but I get the error below when creating a list. Perhaps I overlooked something? (venv) lists% mailman create mylist(a)lists.wash.lan Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/configparser.py", line 789, in get value = d[option] File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/collections/__init__.py", line 941, in __getitem__ return self.__missing__(key) # support subclasses that define __missing__ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/collections/__init__.py", line 933, in __missing__ raise KeyError(key) KeyError: 'postmap_command' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/venv/bin/mailman", line 33, in <module> sys.exit(load_entry_point('mailman==3.3.8', 'console_scripts', 'mailman')()) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in __call__ return self.main(*args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/bin/mailman.py", line 69, in invoke return super().invoke(ctx) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke return __callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 26, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/commands/cli_lists.py", line 188, in create mlist = create_list(fqdn_listname, owners) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/app/lifecycle.py", line 102, in create_list call_name(config.mta.incoming).create(mlist) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/utilities/modules.py", line 70, in call_name return named_callable(*args, **kws) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mailman/mta/postfix.py", line 87, in __init__ self.postmap_command = mta_config.get('postfix', 'postmap_command') File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/configparser.py", line 792, in get raise NoOptionError(option, section) configparser.NoOptionError: No option 'postmap_command' in section: 'postfix' -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)

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MM3 to MM3 migration
by David Newman Feb. 1, 2023

Feb. 1, 2023

I’m looking to migrate several mailing lists from one server running MM3/Django/Hyperkitty to another. Same operating system and python environment and venvs for both. Although the canonical hostnames for the two servers will differ, I can use the same hostnames for lists once I’ve got everything set up. Is this really as simple as building the new server, creating the same lists on the new server, and rsync’ing the archives from the old server? If not, how to do the migration? I checked the archives and saw many threads on MM2 -> MM3, but did not see anything on MM3 migration. Thanks in advance. dn

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