DeadmanDAO Mail Server

AWS SES may be the solution: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/lists-and-subscriptions.html

No, it doesn't have nearly the capabilities of a real mailing list system.

Mailchimp is out because it was bought for so much money that the money squeeze is going to be intense.

Other commercial providers are not significantly less risky than Mailchimp.

Mailman is robust once deployed and the initial build-out is not too painful.

DeadmanDAO Mailman Build-out

Create Instance

1. go to interserver
2. create a single slice instance ($6/mo at this time)
   1. Debian
   2. KVM
3. Log in root@ip.address using password you provided

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install sudo

Set SPF

apt-get install net-tools
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

apt-get install emacs-nox
emacs -nw /etc/hostname
diffie
emacs -nw /etc/hosts
66.23.226.216	diffie.deadmandao.com diffie
reboot
hostname
hostname --all-fqdn
dnsdomainname

Webserver

apt-get install apache2

Put something up in /var/www/html

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 -d mail.deadmandao.com -d diffie.deadmandao.com

SMTP Server

apt-get install postfix

deadmandao.com is the host domain

Mailman

• https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/pre-installation-guide.html

Install PIP

sudo apt install python3-pip

Django Command Reference

Run the dev webserver

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