October 2025 - Mailman-users - lists.mailman3.org

Mailmanweb RAM Usage
by Odhiambo Washington Oct. 12, 2025

Oct. 12, 2025

Using the uwsgi.ini from the virtualenv method documentation, mailmanweb is constantly using 2GB RAM on my server. My database (MariaDB) size is 2GB. Is this expected? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]

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Can't subscribe on new site/domain
by Flo Oct. 11, 2025

Oct. 11, 2025

Hi, I added a new site in Django: lists.example.com Usually I click on 'view site' and I can add a Domain in Postorios. In this case I get an error message and I need to add a Domain in Django. Then I can go to 'view site'. I can create a mailing list there. However when I send an email to be subscribed, I get the following in mailman.log (and nothing else happens): Oct 09 13:46:24 2025 (110452) deque: do_confirm_verify Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/workflow.py", line 69, in __next__ return step() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 379, in _step_send_confirmation notify(SubscriptionConfirmationNeededEvent( ~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ self.mlist, self.token, self.address.email)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zope/event/__init__.py", line 33, in notify subscriber(event) ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 669, in handle_SubscriptionConfirmationNeededEvent _handle_confirmation_needed_events(event, 'list:user:action:subscribe') ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 638, in _handle_confirmation_needed_events confirm_address = event.mlist.confirm_address(event.token) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/model/mailinglist.py", line 335, in confirm_address local_part = expand(config.mta.verp_confirm_format, self, dict( address='{}-confirm'.format(self.list_name), cookie=cookie)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/utilities/string.py", line 69, in expand if mlist.domain.base_url is not None: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/model/mailinglist.py", line 279, in domain return getUtility(IDomainManager)[self.mail_host] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/model/domain.py", line 177, in __getitem__ raise KeyError(mail_host) KeyError: 'lists.example.com' Oct 09 13:46:24 2025 (110452) Uncaught runner exception: 'lists.example.com' Oct 09 13:46:24 2025 (110452) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/core/runner.py", line 179, in _one_iteration self._process_one_file(msg, msgdata) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/core/runner.py", line 272, in _process_one_file keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/runners/command.py", line 214, in _dispose status = command.process( mlist, msg, msgdata, parts, results) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/commands/eml_membership.py", line 122, in process ISubscriptionManager(mlist).register(subscriber, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^ delivery_mode=delivery_mode) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 584, in register list(workflow) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/workflow.py", line 69, in __next__ return step() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 379, in _step_send_confirmation notify(SubscriptionConfirmationNeededEvent( ~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ self.mlist, self.token, self.address.email)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/zope/event/__init__.py", line 33, in notify subscriber(event) ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 669, in handle_SubscriptionConfirmationNeededEvent _handle_confirmation_needed_events(event, 'list:user:action:subscribe') ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/app/subscriptions.py", line 638, in _handle_confirmation_needed_events confirm_address = event.mlist.confirm_address(event.token) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/model/mailinglist.py", line 335, in confirm_address local_part = expand(config.mta.verp_confirm_format, self, dict( address='{}-confirm'.format(self.list_name), cookie=cookie)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/utilities/string.py", line 69, in expand if mlist.domain.base_url is not None: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/model/mailinglist.py", line 279, in domain return getUtility(IDomainManager)[self.mail_host] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mailman/model/domain.py", line 177, in __getitem__ raise KeyError(mail_host) KeyError: 'lists.example.com' Oct 09 13:46:24 2025 (110452) SHUNTING: 1760010384.7617948+270daab1a93851be76e09ce6b976f78ec6232ca2 If I write a subscription email to any list of any other domain/site, I get back the request of confirmation and nothing in mailman.log. And there is another difference to other sites: I get shown all lists of all sites/domains and not only the ones which belongs to this site/domain. What could I have done wrong here? I really don't get it. Thanks for help. Flo

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Mailman Core - Log Rotation
by Odhiambo Washington Oct. 9, 2025

Oct. 9, 2025

Did people agree on the accepted (standard) way for rotating mailman.log? I request that it be added to the official documentation. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]

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Confirmation Mail not getting after logging in
by nirmal＠iitm.ac.in Oct. 9, 2025

Oct. 9, 2025

I have installed mailman3. But after logging in I am not getting confirmation mail. The message displayed is hereby follows:- example.com Search all lists Sign In Sign Up Manage lists ×Confirmation e-mail sent to nirmal(a)iitm.ac.in. Verify Your E-mail Address We have sent an e-mail to you for verification. Follow the link provided to finalize the signup process. If you do not see the verification e-mail in your main inbox, check your spam folder. Please contact us if you do not receive the verification e-mail within a few minutes. Powered by HyperKitty version 1.3.7.

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REST API: create list: list styles
by Peter Knowles Oct. 7, 2025

Oct. 7, 2025

I've read that List Styles are essentially python plugins and/or hard coded into the source... Ugh. I was wondering, instead of hacking together some Python code, as I'm a humble PHP dev... Is it possible... 1. To pass all "style" values to the REST API upon creating a list "manually"? Essentially setting all the options on creation. 2. Where can I find a full list of options that can be set on a list, and their accepted values (boolean, string, etc) Thanks in advance!

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Sendgrid experiences
by Andrew Hodgson Oct. 6, 2025

Oct. 6, 2025

Hi. I am temporarily using Sendgrid now on my Mailman instance. Initial observations have been positive. A list with 100 users is racking up email delivers though, I am on the basic paid account which gives me 50k emails per month. I was hoping to use a cheaper provider and pay overage costs per email on the assumption that I'm seeing a spike in traffic today because people have started getting the messages again. Sendgrid is maintaining the Message-Id header which is good for archiving. It is re-writing the Return-Path header though which means that bounce handling in Mailman won't work, but I think all the services do this in some way so I am happy to live with that for the moment. Hope this helps. Andrew.

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Mailman3 equivalent of list_owners binary
by l.reilly＠ucl.ac.uk Oct. 3, 2025

Oct. 3, 2025

Hi, In our Mailman 2 environment we have a script that uses the binaries 'mailman/bin/list_owners' and 'mailman/bin/sync_members' to keep a list of owners up to date. This is handy for sending out service notifications to all list owners. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an exact equivalent in Mailman 3 for list_owners. I've tried using the command 'mailman members --role administrator LISTSPEC' whilst looping through each list from the output of 'mailman lists'. It almost does the job, but in cases where an owner has a display name set the sync fails as it cannot parse these lines. e.g. Cannot parse as valid email address (skipping): Smith, John <john.smith(a)example.com> I can probably try to clean the output of "mailman members" before doing 'mailman syncmembers'. I just wondered if anybody is doing something similar and has a better approach I'm missing? Thanks

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deleting a list of spammers from non-member list
by Philip Bondi Oct. 2, 2025

Oct. 2, 2025

Hello to all: I've studied the following: https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/commands/d… ```bash mailman shell -l mmlist.domain.ca << EOF | tr , '\012' > nonmember.txt list(m.nonmembers.members) EOF ``` I was able to produce a clean list of 50 non-member email addresses that are spammers. How would I take this list of non-members and delete them? I was unable to use mailman delmembers

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Login confusion
by Markus Grandpré Oct. 2, 2025

Oct. 2, 2025

Dear list, We've encountered an issue with Postorius after migrating from Mailman 2.1. It appears that Postorius is treating email addresses with differing capitalization as distinct user accounts. For example, <markus.grandpre(a)uni-konstanz.de> and <Markus.Grandpre(a)uni-konstanz.de> are being recognized as separate identities. This is causing significant confusion. Users registered with one capitalization pattern are not seeing the list subscriptions and settings that were previously associated with their account (imported from Mailman v2.1) which used a different capitalization. Is there a known configuration option or method within Postorius (or Mailman 3 itself) to normalize or unify account identification, effectively treating email addresses as case-insensitive for account matching? We need a solution that ensures users see their correct list memberships regardless of the capitalization they use when logging in or that was used during the original Mailman 2.1 import. Thank you in advance Markus -- Markus Ludwig Grandpré Universität Konstanz Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM) Abteilung IT-Dienste Forschung und Lehre, B803, Tel: ++49 7531 88 4342

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