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Not able to start mailman server
by Kartheek Reddy Bondugula 05 Aug '21

05 Aug '21

Hi, I am trying to start the mailman server on a mac according to the instructions given on the website as shown - $(py3) git clone git@gitlab.com:mailman/mailman.git $(py3) cd mailman $(py3) python setup.py develop $(py3) mailman start $(py3) cd .. But I run into the following problem - Starting Mailman's master runner Generating MTA alias maps /usr/local/Cellar/python(a)3.9/3.9.5/bin/python3.9: can't open file '/usr/local/opt/python(a)3.9/bin/master': [Errno 2] No such file or directory Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks, Kartheek

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UnpicklingError on mailman lists command
by Bryan Loniewski 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Hi all -- I'm getting the error below when trying to exec the "mailman lists" command. I've turned debugging on within my test mailman.cfg like so... [database] class: mailman.database.mysql.MySQLDatabase <snip> debug: yes [logging.database] level: debug path: dbmailman.log and can see a lot of info including the row(s) with each lists data returned in dbmailman.log. Any guidance on further troubleshooting/debugging? Note that listing the members returns fine (at least for the handful of lists I just tested, i.e., /opt/mailman/mm/bin/mailman members bry_test(a)lists-test.rutgers.edu) $ /opt/mailman/mm/bin/mailman lists Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mailman/venv/bin/mailman", line 8, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 829, in __call__ return self.main(*args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 782, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/bin/mailman.py", line 68, in invoke return super().invoke(ctx) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1259, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke return callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 21, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/commands/cli_lists.py", line 78, in lists for mlist in list_manager.mailing_lists: File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mailman/model/listmanager.py", line 100, in mailing_lists MailingList._list_id).all() File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py", line 3246, in all return list(self) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py", line 101, in instances cursor.close() File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 69, in __exit__ exc_value, with_traceback=exc_tb, File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 178, in raise_ raise exception File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py", line 81, in instances rows = [proc(row) for row in fetch] File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py", line 81, in <listcomp> rows = [proc(row) for row in fetch] File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py", line 589, in _instance populators, File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py", line 726, in _populate_full dict_[key] = getter(row) File "/opt/mailman/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py", line 1708, in process return loads(value) _pickle.UnpicklingError: pickle data was truncated ________________________ Bryan Loniewski Rutgers University OIT:EAS:Messaging and Collaboration Services System Administrator

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web api
by Ethan Furman 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Greetings again! Is there a remote API I can use to manage a list? One of the lists I manage has 1800 or so users, the vast majority of which have never posted, and I need to remove them (preferably not one by one). The list is meant to be actively used, so going forward I want to be able to unsubscribe anyone who hasn't posted in the last year. Both of those would be much more nicely done with a python script on my computer if I had a means to communicate with the mm3 server remotely. Any and all help appreciated! -- ~Ethan~

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at the finish line of mailman3 docker, but can't sign in.
by bob B 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

I am trying to setup mailman3 in docker and have some questions, I can see the finish line :) i hope. I start my images and I can access the web,http://Servername.domain.com/postorius/lists/ and no list are there of course, but How do i sign in? I click the forget link and I have to enter in a email address. I put in the email address I added to the docker-compose.yaml but that does not wrok. I have these setup in the .yaml file. MAILMAN_ADMIN_USER: The username for the admin user to be created by default. MAILMAN_ADMIN_EMAIL: The email for the admin user to be created by default. I found this url http://Servername.domain.com/admin/login However I never set a password and here is no forget button, Basically once I have docker installed, and mailman3 up and no lists are available, How do I setup or/and sign in as admin? Also In docker how can I test sending mail? the command "mailman-web sendtestemail youremailid@domain" from the mailman-web container does not work. How can I make sure my containers can send and receive mail?

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migration
by Dave McGuire 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

Hi folks. Some time ago, I set up mm3 and have been running a bunch of lists on it with great success. I was a long-time mm2 user, and while the differences are significant, I'm glad I made the switch. However, in what seems to have been a moment of insanity in retrospect, I installed mm3 from my OS' package repository. Yeah, I know, that was dumb. Now I'd like to migrate to a new server, and I'd like to install mm3 in the normal way. Is there a way that I can "dump" the configuration from an existing mailman3 server, and "import" it into a new instance? I'd really like to avoid re-doing all of the configuration, etc, as there are quite a few lists and everything is set up pretty much the way I want it. I would appreciate any advice from this learned group. Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

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Mailman lifecycle
by eugenio.jordan＠esa.int 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

Dear all. Perhaps this is a sort of dummy questions for software supported by the Community, my apologies in advance. I have been asked on information related to the end of life of support for 3.1 version, and I was wondering whether you could please provide some insights on how the Mailman life cycle is conceived. For instance, are there periodically planned releases, say 1 per year? If so, will you please confirm how long we are to expect the previous versions to be maintained? Thanks so much in advance for the help. Best regards.

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Footer question...
by David Partain 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Hi, Background: I have a painful mailman3 installation based on ubuntu 18.04 packages, a mistake I regret but have to live with until I can finish a fresh install of the latest. Currently running on mailman 3.1.1-9 and python-django-mailman3 version 1.1.0-4 (if that matters). I migrated > 1200 lists from an old mailman2 installation. That brought along all of the footers (naturally), and now I'm trying to get rid of them but failing miserably. I've spent a fair bit of time reading archives of this list, but I'm still stuck. Here's what's configured... In /etc/mailman3/mailman.cfg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- var_dir: /var/lib/mailman3 # Root directory for site-specific template override files. template_dir: $var_dir/templates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In that directory, list-specific directories like: /var/lib/mailman3/templates/lists/list.mydomain/ and, as an example, en/list_member_digest_footer.txt For the migrated lists, that might have: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ $display_name mailing list -- $listname To unsubscribe send an email to ${short_listname}-leave@${domain} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Based on what I've read elsewhere, my first attempt was to create an empty file doing 'cp /dev/null list_member_digest_footer.txt' to replace the one installed in migration. That had no effect. As a shot-in-the-dark, I did 'cp /dev/null list:member:regular:footer.txt' to see if that might have some effect. Nope. I suppose some decision is made earlier in the process to tack on the footer, so these files I'm manipulating have zero effect. Anyone have suggestions of what I can do? Thanks in advance. David

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requiring questionnaire from new users
by Ethan Furman 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Greetings! Is there a way to require new users to answer a questionnaire when they subscribe? I suspect that one of the lists I manage is getting a lot of subscribers who don't understand what that particular list is for, and having to answer a question or two would allow me to direct them to better resources. Any and all info appreciated! -- ~Ethan~

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non-members issue with held email
by Lars Schimmer 20 Jul '21

20 Jul '21

Hi I want to check a issue with a few mailing lists of us. We do run mailman3 on debian with debian package 3.2.1-1 (not yet updated for backup reasons). We created a new mailinglist, added 3 owner and several members. Now we want some email addresses to post to that list but not receive mails from the list. So I added those to the "non-member" area of the mailinglist and checked every non-member to "acceppt at once". But on a test, a email address, which is owner AND non-member, cannot send to mailinglist, always get a "HOLD: ...... The message is not from a list member" The Email address in that HOLD log entry is the same as in the owner/non-member list. Any idea howto check the mailman3 logs for this case? Thank you. MfG, Lars Schimmer -- ------------------------------------------------------------- TU Graz, Institut für ComputerGraphik & WissensVisualisierung Tel: +43 316 873-5405 E-Mail: l.schimmer(a)cgv.tugraz.at Fax: +43 316 873-5402 PGP-Key-ID: 0x4A9B1723

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Deleting default "example.com" domain breaks everything
by mcarter＠corneredrats.com 18 Jul '21

18 Jul '21

Hello. I'm new with v3 of mailman. Installed via aptitude on deb10. After I logged in as admin, I created my actual domain, as "example.com" was there by default. I then deleted example.com, and everything broke. The only site I had was still using example.com. How do I either a) restore example.com in config or CLI (as web UI is completely broken now), or b) move my one and only "Site 1" to the domain I created? Thanks.

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