On my old server I have a Mailman 2 list and on the new server it’s Mailman 3. I was told the upgrade is rough so I just want to recreate the list from scratch. When I try and create the list I get an error.
sh: 1: /var/lib/mailman3/bin/newlist: not found
I asked Perplexity about this error and it told me that the newlist command was part of mailman 2 and not 3. Also there isn’t a bin folder in that path. The path to the mailman bin file is /usr/lib/mailman3/bin/mailman
The bin folder is in /usr/lib/mailman3/bin. In that folder is mailman, master, and runner files. The bin folder is the only folder in /usr/lib/mailman3.
I’m just offering up what I remember. I have NO clue how this was implemented in the Mailman module. Like I said, it is data base driven and there is more than one way to stuff a database. Believe me, I suffered mightily through the install.
OH. One other thing. If the Mailman directives for transport in Postfix got stuck in the recommended place, they don’t work because Virtualmin as a default ‘catchall’ address that will kick in prior to those transport directives.
Well this is potentially disturbing.
“In order to get the full Mailman3 system, the metapackage ‘mailman3-full’
should be installed.”
That package doesn’t show up in my Debian 13 install. ONE reason I went with Debian 11 was, at the at the time, Ubuntu was waiting on some upstream fix from Debian on that package. I think at the time there were two parts. One was called ‘web’. Just took a screen shot of my D11 machine. You might not even be able to use the web interface I referenced above.
To recap what I’ve said in previous threads. Mailman3 was an attempt to keep the software relevant in the forum age. I think the mailing software itself is now pretty poor and bloated to mimic a forum. Other than the main author I don’t see much input from people interested in helping. I expect it to die out.
Is there something you would recommend to replace it that doesn’t cost anything? I use it for our camera club executive board, so I don’t need anyone signing up for it. I just add and remove people as they come and leave the board.
That seems to indicate the Mailman module doesn’t know it’s Mailman 3. I don’t know why that would be. I’m not familiar with the code, but I know Jamie added support for Mailman 3 a while back.
Other than the main author I don’t see much input from people interested in helping. I expect it to die out.