Port details on branch 2022Q2 |
- mailman Mailing list manager with user-friendly web front-end
- 2.1.39_3 mail =91 2.1.39_3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
- DEPRECATED: Uses Python 2.7 which is EOLed upstream
- Maintainer: mandree@FreeBSD.org
- Port Added: 2000-07-16 22:16:07
- Last Update: 2023-11-10 01:34:02
- Commit Hash: 12264af
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- License: GPLv2
- WWW:
- https://www.list.org/
- Description:
- Paraphrasing the website:
Mailman is a mailing list manager (MLM); that is, software to help manage
email discussion lists, much like Majordomo, LISTSERV, and the like.
Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a web page
and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change their preferences
via the web. Even a list manager can administer his or her list(s)
entirely via the web. Mailman integrates many common MLM features,
including web-based archiving (though it also has hooks for external
archivers), mail-to-news gateways, bounce handling, spam prevention,
Majordomo-style email-based list administration, direct SMTP delivery (with
fast bulk mailing), digest delivery, virtual domain support, and more.
Mailman is written mostly in Python (with a smattering of C where necessary
for security purposes), and includes hooks to make it easily scriptable and
extensible. It is compatible with most web servers and browsers, and most
mail transfer agents (mail servers). Mailman's documentation may be found on
its website.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - Dependency lines:
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- Conflicts:
- CONFLICTS:
- ja-mailman-2.1.*
- mailman*exim*
- mailman*postfix*
- Conflicts Matches:
-
There are no Conflicts Matches for this port. This is usually an error.
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/mail/mailman/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install mail/mailman
- pkg install mailman
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: mailman
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1639433478
SHA256 (mailman/mailman-2.1.39.tgz) = 7b8e9222364abdfd25cb2053c422319aac7b620c287dd979703e0399d72f4390
SIZE (mailman/mailman-2.1.39.tgz) = 9508474
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- Slave ports:
-
- mail/mailman-exim4
- mail/mailman-postfix
- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- py27-dnspython1>=0 : dns/py-dnspython1@py27
- fakeroot : security/fakeroot
- python2.7 : lang/python27
- gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 : devel/gettext-runtime
- msgfmt : devel/gettext-tools
- Test dependencies:
-
- python2.7 : lang/python27
- Runtime dependencies:
-
- py27-dnspython1>=0 : dns/py-dnspython1@py27
- python2.7 : lang/python27
- Library dependencies:
-
- libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
- ===> The following configuration options are available for mailman-2.1.39_3:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
HTDIG=off: - EXPERIMENTAL - htdig integration patches
NAMAZU2=off: Make private archives searchable with namazu2
NLS=on: Native Language Support
NOMAILPWD=on: Elide plaintext passwords from monthly reminders
====> Integrate with which MTA?: you have to select exactly one of them
COURIER=off: for use with courier
EXIM4=off: for use with exim4
OPENSMTPD=off: for use with opensmtpd - EXPERIMENTAL -
POSTFIX=off: for use with postfix
SENDMAIL=on: for use with sendmail
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- mail_mailman
- USES:
- cpe fakeroot python:2.7 shebangfix tar:tgz gettext
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- Mailman has been installed, but requires further configuration before use!
You also must configure both your MTA (mail server) and web server to
integrate with Mailman. If the port's documentation has been installed,
extensive post-installation instructions may be found in:
/usr/local/share/doc/mailman/FreeBSD-post-install-notes
/usr/local/share/doc/mailman/mailman-install.txt (start at section 4)
Note (1):
- ESPECIALLY RELEVANT FOR USERS OF THE BINARY PACKAGE -
The FreeBSD binary package is built for use with Sendmail, and it will
not work properly with alternative MTAs such as Exim or Postfix.
In order for Mailman to work with an alternative mailer, please use
mailman-exim4 or mailman-postfix instead, or
mailman-exim4-with-htdig or mailman-postfix-with-htdig.
For use with other mailers (Courier, OpenSMTPd), the port must be installed
from source, with proper options configured, or from a package built in
poudriere (which is a separate port in ports-mgmt) with adapted options.
(poudriere options -cn mail/mailman)
- FOR USERS OF A PORT BUILT FROM SOURCE -
If you use an alternate MTA (meaning "not Sendmail"), you MUST
be sure that the correct value of MAIL_GID was used when this port or
package was built. You can choose your MTA with the correct MAIL_GID by
running "make config" in the Mailman port's directory.
Note (2): The entire Mailman installation resides under /usr/local/mailman.
The command-line scripts necessary to administer Mailman have been
installed in /usr/local/mailman/bin.
In order to make private archives searchable with namazu2, you need
to copy or link /usr/local/libexec/namazu.cgi to
/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/<ML_name>/ and configure .namazurc.
Refer to /usr/local/etc/namazu/namazurc.sample.
- For install:
- If you did just install mailman with pkg -I, --no-script or
--no-install-scripts, you MUST(!) run the post-install script now, as root:
env "PKG_PREFIX=/usr/local" sh \
/usr/local/mailman/bin/FreeBSD-post-install x POST-INSTALL
This will set up most defaults (cron jobs, default configuration etc.).
- If upgrading from < 2.1.18:
- UPDATE INFORMATION FOR UPDATES OF 2.1.18/OLDER TO VERSION 2.1.19 AND NEWER:
Changed behavior
- Mailman's log files, request.pck files and heldmsg-* files are no
longer created world readable to protect against access by untrusted
local users. Note that permissions on existing log files won't be
changed so if you are concerned about this and don't rotate logs or
have a logrotate process that creates new log files instead of letting
Mailman create them, you will need to address that. (LP: #1327404)
The mailman newsyslog.conf(5) filename has been changed:
OLD: /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/mailman.newsyslog
NEW: /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/mailman.conf
Any file found at the old location has been automatically moved to
the new location. This was done to ensure log rotation continues to
work after change r340318 made to FreeBSD base, where the default
newsyslog configuration now only includes filenames that end with
'.conf' and do not begin with '.'.
If you use provisioning/configuration management tools to create or
edit this file, you will need to change their configuration to use
the new filename.
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