[mdlug] mailman on ubuntu

[Carl T. Miller]

Thanks for the update.  Right now I'm taking a break
from mailman3.  I'll take it up again after I catch up
on some other projects.

c


On 4/29/24 07:06 AM, Ron / BCLUG wrote:
>
> A couple more thoughts about Mailman3 that may not be in the notes...
>
>
> I found putting these into user mailman's .bashrc file let me easily 
> run commands as mailman:
>
> ## ===%<--- .bashrc --->%===
> # pip bash completion start
> _pip_completion()
> {
>     COMPREPLY=( $( COMP_WORDS="${COMP_WORDS[*]}" \
>                    COMP_CWORD=$COMP_CWORD \
>                    PIP_AUTO_COMPLETE=1 $1 2>/dev/null ) )
> }
> complete -o default -F _pip_completion pip
> # pip bash completion end
>
> source /opt/mailman/venv/bin/activate
>
> export MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/mailman3/mailman.cfg
> export MAILMAN_WEB_CONFIG=/etc/mailman3/settings.py
> export PYTHONPATH=/etc/mailman3/:/opt/mailman/venv
> ## ===%<--- .bashrc --->%===
>
>
> When running `mailman-web hyperkitty_import`, be sure to *first* run 
> something like `cleanarch < $list_name.mbox > $list_name.fixed.mbox`, 
> as  advised. It made a difference on my stuff.
>
>
> If creating a list into which to import a mm2.1 list, don't forget 
> `--owner`. I got myself in some mess by neglecting that during testing.
>
> May not be necessary if one also runs `mailman-web createsuperuser ...`.
>
>
>
> If running `mailman addmembers`, note the --no-welcome-msg option. 
> Might not want to notify members they've joined a list they're already 
> subscribed to.
>
>
>
> Let us know how it goes!
>
> rb
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