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Mailman 3 hosting query
by Bill Robertson 18 Apr '24

18 Apr '24

Hi I'm investigating the possibility of transferring a fairly small mailing list I own from Google Groups to MM3 via a hosting service. I'd appreciate any pointers regarding what I should be looking out for with companies that offer this service It also seems very hard to find out which hosting companies are worth considering (In particular, reliability and support are important) Any help much is much appreciated Thanks

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mailman3 digest sending questions and also adding docker to the mix
by bob B 17 Apr '24

17 Apr '24

So I have been down the digest rabbit hole. So to confirm my assumptions/findings: Digest size threshold---- means when the total size of held messages hits this setting, a digest is sent Digest Volume Frequency. ---- specifies when the digest volume number gets incremented for digest messages, IT DOES NOT send out digests based on the setting, daily, weekly ... So what does the GUI setting "Send Digest Periodically yes no" do? how periodically does it send digests, if this is set to yes? If I want to send a digest out for a list every day, or every week, how do I set that, especially in the docker environment? Is this something that can be configured in the GUI and configured by each of my list admins? I found that ”'mailman digests --periodic' via cron” should be set in googling, but does that mean I have to do a cron job for any list that wants a scheduled digest sent? My use case is, that I have a list admin who set a size threshold, but regardless of that, they also want their list digest sent out daily, they thought it was the "Digest Volume Frequency" setting but that is not correct. However in their testing they are not getting daily digest, they are getting digests only when the threshold is reached, BUT they have "Send Digest Periodically" set to "yes" and "Enable Digests" is set to "yes"

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hyperkitty.lib.utils Failed to update the fulltext index
by Ben Harris 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

hello there, i migrated to a new host last night and i've been getting this error from a cronjob mail every minute. anyone have any ideas what would cause this? ERROR 2019-04-17 14:26:33,056 27205 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 "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hyperkitty/lib/utils.py", line 186, in run_with_lock fn(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/hyperkitty/search_indexes.py", line 87, in update_index update_cmd.update_backend("hyperkitty", "default") File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/haystack/management/commands/update_index.py", line 276, in update_backend last_max_pk=max_pk) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/haystack/management/commands/update_index.py", line 97, in do_update backend.update(index, current_qs, commit=commit) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/haystack/backends/whoosh_backend.py", line 178, in update self.setup() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/haystack/backends/whoosh_backend.py", line 126, in setup self.index = self.storage.open_index(schema=self.schema) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/whoosh/filedb/filestore.py", line 176, in open_index return indexclass(self, schema=schema, indexname=indexname) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/whoosh/index.py", line 421, in __init__ TOC.read(self.storage, self.indexname, schema=self._schema) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/whoosh/index.py", line 632, in read check_size("int", _INT_SIZE) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/whoosh/index.py", line 626, in check_size sz = stream.read_varint() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/whoosh/filedb/structfile.py", line 191, in read_varint return read_varint(self.read) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/whoosh/util/varints.py", line 102, in read_varint b = ord(readfn(1)) thanks, ben

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Error -- postorius Un-handled exception
by Mark 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

Hi All, I've just installed MM3 on a fresh Debian 12 using the Virtualenv method. (venv)...$ mailman info GNU Mailman 3.3.9 (Tom Sawyer) Python 3.11.2 (main, Mar 13 2023, 12:18:29) [GCC 12.2.0] Postorius Version 1.3.10 After creating a couple of lists, the lists are shown in the table on the "Mailing lists" webpage as they should, but clicking on any of the listnames returns an error page: Something went wrong HTTP Error 500: {"title": "500 Internal Server Error"} And the Mailman log is a mystery to me, and no error is reported in the Nginx log ... # tail -f /opt/mailman/web/logs/mailmanweb.log ERROR 2024-01-24 05:41:46,327 51799 postorius Un-handled exception: HTTP Error 500: {"title": "500 Internal Server Error"} Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/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/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 103, in view return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/postorius/views/generic.py", line 76, in dispatch return super(MailingListView, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 142, in dispatch return handler(request, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/postorius/views/list.py", line 359, in get and 'hyperkitty' in archivers # noqa: W504 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "<frozen _collections_abc>", line 780, in __contains__ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/base.py", line 146, in __getitem__ return self._get(key) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/base.py", line 88, in _get return self.rest_data[key] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/base.py", line 74, in rest_data response, content = self._connection.call(self._url) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mailmanclient/restbase/connection.py", line 160, in call raise HTTPError(params.get('url'), response.status_code, urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: {"title": "500 Internal Server Error"} ERROR 2024-01-24 05:41:46,333 51799 django.request Internal Server Error: /postorius/lists/testing.example.com/ ERROR 2024-01-24 05:41:46,333 51799 django.request Internal Server Error: /postorius/lists/testing.example.com/ Could anyone steer me in the right direction for fixing this? Thanks, Mark

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Sibling lists in Mailman3
by Markus Grandpre 10 Apr '24

10 Apr '24

Dear list, after I migrated a list from Mailman21 to Mailman3 I missed the Mailman21 setting "regular_include_lists" (or something similar) in Mailman3. How are sibling lists treated in Mailman3? Thank you in advance for your answers. Best Markus -- Markus Grandpré Universität Konstanz Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM) Abteilung IT-Dienste Forschung, Lehre und Infrastruktur, Tel: ++49 7531 88 4342

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Mailman stops processing....... where to start looking for root cause?
by bob B 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Today was the 2nd time mailman stopped sending out mail, it receives mail but sends nothing out. To resolve the issue I restarted the mailman services and then all the incoming/queued mail was sent out... last time this happened was 21 days ago.... Before that, it has been rock solid for years. We are running in a docker environment with no recent changes. On the host in /var/log/maillog, I see the mail coming in and going to mailman in docker. for docker, the mailman logs are in /opt/mailman/core/var/logs in /opt/mailman/core/var/logs/smtp.log ---------- I see the messages coming in /opt/mailman/core/var/logs/debug.log ------------ is empty /opt/mailman/core/var/logs/mailman.log -------------- I do not see anything that looks like it had an issue So where can I look to try to determine a cause? If it happens again, what and where can I cook to troubleshoot before restarting the service? Thanks

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Seeking help completing a useful installation
by Hugh Esco 30 Mar '24

30 Mar '24

I have more fully documented where I am at with this attempt to build a working installation of mm3 at this link: https://gitlab.com/mailman/django-mailman3/-/issues/73 My questions include: - the template for /etc/mailman3/mailman.cfg, defines vardir, but no DATA_DIR. See test failure #1 (closed) <http:///mailman/django-mailman3/-/issues/1>, above. Where does that want to be? Any issue with putting the mm3.db next to the mm3_web.db at /opt/mailman/mm/var/data? - there are two possible virtualenv's in my build: (a) /opt/mailman/venv/ and (b) /opt/mailman/.pyenv/. I say more about these below. Which do I want to use in this instance? I'm guessing the latter where the mailman3 libraries are published, but have doubts. The link above urges a dependency on python ^3.11, but bookworm provides only python 3.8, so I used pyenv to satisfy the requirement. It wanted to deploy to its own path, though perhaps there is some switch which would consolidate everything under /opt/mailman/venv/. I do not work with python enough to know. - attempts to run bin/mailman-web startapp mm3web fail to add any new processes to the process list. bin/mailman-web start fails with errors. What change of state to the server should I expect from running this command? How do I test for success? If startapp is the correct invocation, what argument does it want on a working installation? - having run the command in the previous point, I see nothing in the browser except for the apache starter page at the root path '/'. None of the paths defined in the apache2 configuration seem to offer any joy. I assume that uwsgi wants to proxy the requests to a running mailman-web service somehow, but that no such service is found. I see one hopeful line in the log at: /opt/mailman/mm/var/logs/mailman.log "GET /3.1/lists?count=10&page=1 HTTP/1.1" 200 90 "-" "GNU Mailman REST client v3.3.5" - I assume that once I get apache2 wired to a running application through the uwsgi proxy, that I can proceed to create an admin user, use it to explore the web gui, and begin to consider how to migrate my legacy mm2.1 lists into the new installation. Any further help crossing the finish line would be appreciated. Thanks, -- Hugh

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Disabling the footer on a mailing list: Is this how?
by David Partain 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Hi, I regularly get requests from users to disable footers since they use email clients that simply show an attached text file. Yes, I know that's broken. I never got this working with my old broken installation. Since we're now running a shiny new version of mailman3, I thought I'd give it a go again. From what I've read, I thought the following would do the trick: # sudo -u mailman -s /usr/bin/bash $ source /local/mailman/venv/bin/activate $ cd ~/var/templates/ $ mkdir -p lists/test-list.our.domain/en/ $ cp /dev/null "lists/test-list.our.wee.domain/en/list:member:regular:footer" However, sending mail to test-list(a)our.wee.domain<mailto:test-list@our.wee.domain> still includes the footer. What am I missing? Do I need to restart something? Did I misunderstand what I've read? With kind regards, David

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See list of subscribers
by Tom Yates 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

I'm sure I'm just doing something stupid, but I can't work out what. I have a list, as admin under "Settings" -> "List Identity" -> "Members List Visibility" I have it set to "Only Mailinglist Members". But a random subscriber, who's signed up and authenticated, when she visits the list page she sees her subscription, but no option to list the other subscribers. Is she looking in the wrong place? Do I need to open up more settings? Am I just being an idiot? Thanks for any light anyone can shed. -- Tom Yates - https://www.teaparty.net

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Hyperkitty on Debian 12
by Markus Grandpre 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Dear list members, when following the instructions to migrate list archives from Mailman21 to Mailman3 (see [1]), I face the following problem: # python3 manage.py hyperkitty_import -l mailman21-migration-test-04 /var/mailman21/testlist.mbox python3: can't open file '/var/mailman21/manage.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory and have no clue, where to find the right <manage.py> file. The command dpkg returns: # dpkg -l | grep hyperkitty ii python3-django-hyperkitty 1.3.7-1 all Web user interface to access GNU Mailman3 archives In </etc/mailman3/mailman-web.py> I find: INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'hyperkitty', 'postorius', 'django_mailman3', ... Can you please help me? Thank you in advance? Best, Markus [1] <https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/migration.html> -- Markus Grandpré Universität Konstanz Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM) Abteilung IT-Dienste Forschung, Lehre und Infrastruktur, Tel: ++49 7531 88 4342

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