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DeadmanDAO Mailman Build-out (Fourth Attempt)
- MailingListDeadmanFirstPass (Deb 10, Mailman 3: installed Apache and Certbot before Mailman, which made it hard to deploy the Mailman web console)
- MailingListDeadmanSecondPass (Deb 10, Mailman 3: had trouble getting the Snap/PIP/VirtualEnv version of Mailman to let me in as an administrator)
- MailingListDeadmanThirdPass Deb 9, Mailman 2, had trouble getting the Mailman executables to execute as cgi's.
- Fourth Pass: Deb 10, Mailman 2.
Create Instance
Interserver Web Interface
- go to interserver
- create an instance
- Single Slice ($6/mo at this time)
- Debian 9 (Deb 9 has Mailman 2, Deb 10 has Mailman 3)
- KVM
- set reverse DNS to diffie.deadmandao.com
- Note the IP address
Update to Latest
Log in root@ip.address using password you provided
apt-get update apt-get -y upgrade apt-get -y dist-upgrade # if needed reboot
Add User Account
Log in root@ip.address
apt-get -y install sudo adduser bob usermod -G sudo bob exit
Log in to bob@ip.address
Set SPF
sudo apt-get install net-tools sudo ifconfig
That'll give you the ip4 and ip6 addresses, which go into the DNS text record:
- v=spf1 ip4:66.23.226.216 ip6:fe80::216:3eff:fe24:10e1 -all
Set Other DNS
- A Record, diffie, 66.23.226.216
- A Record, @, 66.23.226.216
- CNAME Record, www, diffie.deadmandao.com
- CNAME Record, mail, diffie.deadmandao.com
- TXT Record, diffe, v=spf1 ip4:66.23.226.216 ip6:fe80::216:3eff:fe24:10e1 -all
- MX Record, deadmandao.com, mail.deadmandao.com, 10
Set Hostname
sudo apt-get install emacs-nox sudo emacs -nw /etc/hostname > diffie sudo emacs -nw /etc/hosts > 66.23.226.216 diffie.deadmandao.com diffie sudo reboot
Log in to bob@diffie.deadmandao.com
hostname hostname --all-fqdn dnsdomainname
SMTP Server
sudo apt-get install postfix
- Internet Site
- deadmandao.com is the host domain
- send a test email
echo "Subject: sendmail test" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v emailaddress
Had trouble with IPv6 in Debian 9 ("Network is unreachable"). Used the following in main.cf to switch to IPv4 only.
# inet_protocols = all inet_protocols = ipv4
Mailman Install
install
sudo apt install mailman
init list
sudo newlist > roundtable
It tells me that I should put the following in aliases:
## roundtable mailing list roundtable: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post roundtable" roundtable-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin roundtable" roundtable-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces roundtable" roundtable-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm roundtable" roundtable-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join roundtable" roundtable-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave roundtable" roundtable-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner roundtable" roundtable-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request roundtable" roundtable-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe roundtable" roundtable-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe roundtable"
Enter the name of the list: test Enter the email of the person running the list: bob@traxel.com Initial test password: To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the `newaliases' program: ## test mailing list test: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post test" test-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin test" test-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces test" test-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm test" test-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join test" test-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave test" test-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner test" test-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request test" test-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe test" test-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe test"
Version 2 Instructions for Mailman
Install PIP
sudo apt install python3-pip
Lots of dependencies
Side Note: Django Command Reference
Run the dev webserver
cd /path/to/project sudo python manage.py runserver
Pull all the static files to a single location (for serving via Apache, for example)
python manage.py collectstatic
Install Mailman3 Full Suite
Lots of dependencies here.
sudo apt install mailman3-full
Webserver Install
sudo apt install apache2
Enable UWSGI, Link Mailman
Something Like
sudo apt install libapache2-mod-uwsgi sudo a2enmod proxy_uwsgi sudo ln -s /etc/mailman3/apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/100-mailman.conf sudo a2ensite 100-mailman sudo service apache2 restart
Add TLS/SSL
https://certbot.eff.org/instructions?ws=apache&os=debianbuster
Add Snapd
sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd sudo snap install core sudo snap refresh core
Snap Install Certbot
sudo snap install --classic certbot sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot
Get a Cert for Apache
sudo certbot --apache -d deadmandao.com -d www.deadmandao.com
Verified to here.
Mailman Core Configuration
https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/config-core.html
Short Term Solution
Using interserver.systemicbias.com
Enter the name of the list: crypto Enter the email of the person running the list: bob@traxel.com Initial crypto password: To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the `newaliases' program: ## crypto mailing list crypto: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post crypto" crypto-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin crypto" crypto-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces crypto" crypto-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm crypto" crypto-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join crypto" crypto-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave crypto" crypto-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner crypto" crypto-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request crypto" crypto-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe crypto" crypto-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe crypto"