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{{Languages|Mailman}}
 
==Mailman==
 
==Mailman==
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=== Maintainer ===
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[mailto:stephdl@de-labrusse.fr stephdl] Stéphane de Labrusse AKA [[User:stephdl|Stephdl]]<br />
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=== Version ===
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{{ #smeversion: smeserver-mailman }}
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
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=== Installation ===
 
=== Installation ===
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<tabs container><tab name="For SME 10">
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yum install smeserver-mailman --enablerepo=smecontribs
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</tab><tab name="For SME 9 and SME 8">
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* for sme8, sme9
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yum install smeserver-mailman --enablerepo=smecontribs
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signal-event mailman-update
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or if you want to restart your server
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signal-event post-upgrade;signal-event reboot
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</tab>
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</tabs>
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yum --enable smecontribs install mailman smeserver-mailman
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You should now see a Mailman section under the Configuration section of the server-manager. Please see Known issues below to set up your mailman session. Keep in mind that the mailman administrator password is not the same as the SME Server one, [[Mailman#Error:_You_are_not_authorized_to_create_new_mailing_lists|Read the section below to see how find your password]].
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You should now see a Mailman section under the Configuration section of the server-manager.
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=== Configuration ===
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==== Configure access ====
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By default only listing public lists is enabled from outside the LAN. Admin is reserved for LAN access, and also Archive browsing.
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Option setting is also attached to the public listing access, so external users can modify their preferences.
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To modify those setting just go to server-manager and modify according to your needs.
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=== Configuration ===
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==== Creating lists ====
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===== Error: You are not authorized to create new mailing lists=====
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The administrator of SME Server isn't allowed to create Lists (even from the server-manager), this is how obtain the mailman administrator password. see [[bugzilla:7836]]
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{{Tip box|The mailman password is different of the admin password of SME Server, therefore to know the mailman Password you can issue the following command in a root terminal}}
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[root@sme8dev64 ~]# config show mailman
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mailman=service
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    SitePass=[YOUR_PASSWORD_IS_HERE]
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    status=enabled
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You have to use the value of SitePass as your mailman password to create Lists. If you change the password later with '''/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mmsitepass''' you '''*SHOULD*''' update SitePass using
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config setprop mailman SitePass YOUR_PASSWORD
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===== Error: Unknown virtual host: xxxxxx.xx=====
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Go to http://domain.name/mailman to create new lists.
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If your SMEServer has multiple domains configured, do not prepend www. before the virtual domain.
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For example: go to http://virtualdomain.name/mailman to create lists for that domain name.
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Keep in mind that '''no list can have the same name as an ibay, group or an user''' so choose the name carefully.
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{{Note box|msg=Always use http://domain.name/mailman to create your list, where domain.name is the exact domain you want to be used after the "@". Failing to do so, will lead to denial to relay error. As an example do not go to http://hostname.domain.name/mailman to create a mailing list for mailinglist@domain.name but to http://domain.name/mailman. see [[Bugzilla:5976]]
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'''If you don't use a FQDN domain Name as described above''', you can have an error like this one
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Error: Unknown virtual host: xxxxxx
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where xxxxxx is the hostname of your Server. see [[bugzilla:7837]]
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}}
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{{Tip box|Further more You have to define the concerned domain in the  server-manager's domain panel. You can select whether this domain is resolved locally, passed to the corporate DNS servers, or resolved by the Internet DNS servers, otherwise you will have the message:  '''Error: Unknown virtual host: xxxxxx'''}}
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===== "www" instead of "apache" =====
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But if you are not running the contribs compiled version, Mailman's management interface shows up with a CGI error message. It complains about group mismatch error between "www" and "apache". Login as root and apply the following workaround, which was suggested in [[bugzilla:6425]]:
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id -u apache                  # should yield 48
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id -u www                    # should yield 102
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usermod -u 102 -o apache      # makes apache user and www user identical
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groupmod -g 102 -o apache    # make apache group and www group identical
    
==== File locations ====
 
==== File locations ====
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{|border="1"
 
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! Location
 
! Location
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| location of qmail alias files
 
| location of qmail alias files
 
|}
 
|}
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==== Creating lists ====
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Go to http://domain.name/mailman to create new lists.
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If your SMEServer has multiple domains configured, do not prepend www. before the virtual domain.
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For example: go to http:// virtualdomain.name/mailman to create lists for that domain name.
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Keep in mind that no list can have the same name as an ibay or an user so choose the name carefully.
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==== Command line options ====
 
==== Command line options ====
 
You can do a lot using the command line scripts located in /usr/lib/mailman/bin
 
You can do a lot using the command line scripts located in /usr/lib/mailman/bin
    
For example
 
For example
{|
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{|border="1"
 
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| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mmsitepass
 
| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mmsitepass
| will set the master password for all lists
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|   will set the master password for all lists
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| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_members [listname]
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|  will list the members of [listname]
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| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_admins [listname]
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|  will list all admins of [listname]
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| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists
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|  will list your mailling lists
 
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| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list-members [listname]
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| /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_owners
| will list the members of [listname]
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|   will list all owners of mailling lists or will list all mailling lists
 
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Running the script with --help will display the options available
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Running the script with --help will display the options available.
    
==== Transferring Lists ====
 
==== Transferring Lists ====
You can transfer lists from another server and keep everything in tact. It's an easy process but the Mailman FAQ and info seems to be sparse and complicated. This simplifies everything.
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You can transfer lists from another server and keep everything intact. It's an easy process but the Mailman FAQ and info seems to be sparse and complicated. This simplifies everything.
    
OLD SERVER
 
OLD SERVER
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Extract/untar/unzip the tar/zip file.
 
Extract/untar/unzip the tar/zip file.
 
  tar -xvzf /var/lib/mailman.tar.gz
 
  tar -xvzf /var/lib/mailman.tar.gz
The lists are transferred but the SME SERVER doesn't know about them. Let the server know about the list:
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The lists are transferred but the SME SERVER doesn't know about them. Let the server know about the lists:
 
  signal-event mailman-addlist <listname>
 
  signal-event mailman-addlist <listname>
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=== Personalization ===
 
=== Personalization ===
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{{Note box|Be warned that personalization is going to stress your server a lot as every mail is sent individually, not in batches as mailman usually do, so test this option before using in a production server}}
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{{Note box|Be warned that personalization is going to stress your server a lot as every mail is sent individually, not in batches as mailman usually do, so test this option before using in a production server.}}
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If you want to enable personalization in mailman (make every name sent with the name of the recipient in the to: field as example or add the name of the user on the text) you do this:
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If you want to enable personalization in mailman (make every mail sent with the name of the recipient in the to: field as example or add the name of the user on the text) you do this:
Copy the entire folder mm_cfg.py from /etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ to /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ creating the needed folders if they arent there (most probably)
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<ol><li>Create the custom-templates tree, in case it does not exist already:
Then edit /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py/30hostname adding this text to the last line:
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mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py/
OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = 1
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</li><li>
And run:
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Copy the hostname file from the templates tree to the templates-custom tree maintaining the directory layout:
expand-template /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
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cp \
signal-event reboot
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/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py/30hostname \
Then enter to your mailing list admin (yoursite.com/mailman/admin/yourlist) and go to non-digest and in "Should Mailman personalize each non-digest delivery?" choose either yes or full personalization, test both to see wich one do you like more...
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/etc/e-smith/templates-custom/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py/30hostname
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</li><li>
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Now we need to add one line to the custom template fragment to enable personalization:
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echo OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = 1 >> \
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/etc/e-smith/templates-custom/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py/30hostname
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</li><li>
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To reflect your changes we need to regenerate the file using the following commands:
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expand-template /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
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signal-event smeserver-mailman-update
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</li><li>
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After the server comes back up again enter your mailing list admin and go to non-digest and in "Should Mailman personalize each non-digest delivery?" choose either yes or full personalization. Test both to see wich one do you like more...
 
Also if you want to add a header with the person name enter in "Header added to mail sent to regular list members" this:
 
Also if you want to add a header with the person name enter in "Header added to mail sent to regular list members" this:
Hello dear %(user_name)s
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Hello dear %(user_name)s
and mailman is going to replace the string with the name the person used when he/she subscribed...
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and mailman is going to replace the string with the name the person used when he/she subscribed.
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</li></ol>
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===Import lists from ezmlm===
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Get the script ezmlm2mbox from http://www.arctic.org/~dean/scripts/ezmlm2mbox
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wget http://www.arctic.org/~dean/scripts/ezmlm2mbox -O
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Get subscribers:
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ezmlm-list /home/e-smith/files/ezmlm/lists/mylist > mylist.subscribers
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Get denied subscribers:
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ezmlm-list /home/e-smith/files/ezmlm/lists/mylist deny > mylist.deny
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Convert the ezmlm list to an mbox-file:
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./ezmlm2mbox /home/e-smith/files/ezmlm/lists/mylist > mylist.mbox
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Backup the ezmlm list, just in case ...
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tar -czf mylist.tgz /home/e-smith/files/ezmlm/lists/mylist
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Then using the server-manager:
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# Remove the ezmlm list, via the ezmlm web panel
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# Create the new Mailman list, via the Mailman web panel
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# Add subscribers to the new list, using the file you made in step 1. I prefer to do this in silence, without letting the subscribers know.
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# Check the file mylist.deny from step 2, and - if needed - adjust the settings of your new list accordingly.
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Import the mbox to Mailman
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cp mylist.mbox  /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/mylist.mbox/mylist.mbox
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/opt/mailman/bin/arch --wipe mylist
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Check and fix ownerships and access rights
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/opt/mailman/bin/check_perms -f
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from : https://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,53230.0.html
    
=== For more information ===
 
=== For more information ===
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=== Current Issues ===
 
=== Current Issues ===
* Check submitted bugs in the bug tracker under the contrib component "smeserver-mailman"
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* Current mailman release is 2.1.9
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=== Bugs ===
* [[Bugzilla:2411]]: /usr/lib/mailman/aliases and /var/lib/mailman are not currently backed up
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Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in [http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi bugzilla]
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and select the smeserver-mailman component or use {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Contribs|component=smeserver-mailman|title=this link}}.
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{{#bugzilla:columns=id,product,version,status,summary |sort=id|order=desc |component=smeserver-mailman|noresultsmessage="No open bugs found."}}
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= Changelog =
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Only released versions in smecontrib are listed here.
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{{#smechangelog:smeserver-mailman}}
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[[Category:Contrib]]
 
[[Category:Contrib]]
 
[[Category:Mail]]
 
[[Category:Mail]]
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[[Category:Mail:Mailinglists]]
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