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
- go to interserver
- create a single slice instance ($6/mo at this time)
- Debian
- KVM
- Log in root@ip.address using password you provided
Update to Latest
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install sudo
Add User Account
adduser bob usermod -G sudo bob exit
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 hostname hostname --all-fqdn dnsdomainname
SMTP Server
apt-get install postfix
deadmandao.com is the host domain
Mailman
Install PIP
sudo apt install python3-pip
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
sudo apt-get install apache2
Enable UWSGI, Link Mailman
Something Like
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 -d mail.deadmandao.com -d diffie.deadmandao.com