I've been working on installing Mailman3 for several weeks now, with limited success. I have tried various installation methods following instructions on numerous different web pages. My experience has been that the instructions are often conflicting and never complete.
My best success has been with the Docker version, so that's what I'm going to concentrate on here.
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 (under Citrix XenServer), with Apache httpd and postfix.
Following the instructions on https://asynchronous.in/docker-mailman/, I did the following:
* created the directories "/opt/mailman/core" and "/opt/mailman/web",
* created "/opt/mailman/core/mailman-extra.cfg" and inserted the suggested [mta] directives,
* inserted the "transport_maps", "local-recipient_maps", and "relay_domains" entries in the /etc/postfix/main.cf file,
* created the necessary apache config files,
* cloned "https://github.com/maxking/docker-mailman",
* ran "docker-compose up -d"At this point, I am able to connect with Postorius. All of the text and icons show up properly; all is well. It tells me (correctly) that "There are currently no mailing lists."
When I click on the "Login" link at the top right, the "Sign In" page displays correctly. (Aside: Why do so many apps/sites have difficulty with choosing between "login" and "sign in" and, in fact, use both terms? It can really be off-putting to non-tech users... and me.) If I input an incorrect login, I receive (correctly) the message "The username and/or password you specified are not correct." However, if I input the correct sign-in, I receive: "Server Error (500)".
Running "sudo docker exec -it mailman-web cat ../mailman-web-data/logs/mailmanweb.log" shows me:
ERROR 2017-07-12 20:34:25,073 25 django.request Internal Server Error: /accounts/login/
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 39, in inner
response = get_response(request)
... more stuff ...
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 747, in sendmail
raise SMTPRecipientsRefused(senderrs)
SMTPRecipientsRefused: {u'pacetechadmin@cetsi.com': (451, '4.3.0 <pacetechadmin@cetsi.com>: Temporary lookup failure')}On the Docker host (ubuntuServer2), /var/log/mail.log shows: Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: connect from unknown[172.19.199.3] Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains is unavailable. open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: relay_domains: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: table lookup problem Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: relay_domains lookup failure Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains is unavailable. open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: relay_domains: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: table lookup problem Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: relay_domains lookup failure Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[172.19.199.3]: 451 4.3.0 <pacetechadmin@cetsi.com>: Temporary lookup failure; from=<postorius@localhost.local> to=<pacetechadmin@cetsi.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mailman-web> Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: connect from unknown[172.19.199.3] Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains is unavailable. open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: relay_domains: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: table lookup problem Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: relay_domains lookup failure Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp is unavailable. open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: regexp:/opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp lookup error for "root@localhost" Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/trivial-rewrite[19843]: warning: transport_maps lookup failure Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[172.19.199.3]: 451 4.3.0 <root@localhost>: Temporary lookup failure; from=<root@localhost.local> to=<root@localhost> proto=ESMTP helo=<mailman-web> Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: disconnect from unknown[172.19.199.3] ehlo=1 mail=1 rcpt=0/1 rset=1 quit=1 commands=4/5 Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: lost connection after RSET from unknown[172.19.199.3] Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: disconnect from unknown[172.19.199.3] ehlo=1 mail=1 rcpt=0/1 rset=1 commands=3/4
And /var/log/mail.err is filling up with: Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:53 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19931]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_domains: No such file or directory Jul 12 13:48:54 ubuntuServer2 postfix/smtpd[19932]: error: open /opt/mailman/core/var/data/postfix_lmtp: No such file or directory
Any thoughts on what the problem is? Have I missed a step?