Mailman is a free and open-source mailing list management software that allows users to create, manage, and send newsletters, announcements, and other types of mass email communications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Mailman on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites in place:
First, start by updating your system to ensure that you have the latest packages:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Next, we need to install the necessary dependencies for Mailman. Run the command below:
sudo apt install build-essential python3-dev python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-venv python3-wheel python3-gi python3-distro python3-dateutil python3-zope.interface python3-jsonschema python3-babel
Now, we are ready to install Mailman using pip (Python package manager). Run the following command:
sudo pip3 install mailman
After the successful installation, we need to configure Mailman. Firstly, let's create the mailman group:
sudo groupadd mailman
Next, we need to create a mailman user and add it to the mailman group:
sudo useradd -g mailman -s /bin/bash -m mailman
Once we have the user and group ready, we can now initialize the mailman database by running the following command:
sudo /usr/local/bin/mailman info
Finally, we need to verify that Mailman is up and running. To do this, we need to start the Mailman web server by running:
sudo /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start
Then, we can check if the Mailman web interface is accessible by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/mailman/admin/. If it's accessible, you should be prompted for a username and password. The default username is mailman and the password is set during installation.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mailman on Linux Mint Latest. Now, you can start creating and managing your mailing lists using the Mailman web interface.
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