Mailman is a software that manages electronic mailing lists. It enables you to create and administer your own mailing lists, making it a popular tool among small and large organizations.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Mailman on Void Linux.
Before installing Mailman, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed:
If you do not have these necessary prerequisites installed, you can install them using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S python3 pip3 virtualenv
Follow these steps to install Mailman on Void Linux:
Download the Mailman source tarball from https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/
Extract the tarball and navigate to the extracted directory:
tar xvfz mailman-x.xx.tar.gz
cd mailman-x.xx
Replace x.xx with the version number of Mailman you are installing.
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip3 install .
bin/newlist -r mailman site admin@example.com
Replace admin@example.com with the email of the site administrator.
bin/mailman web start
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mailman on your Void Linux machine.
In this tutorial, we walked you through the installation process of Mailman on Void Linux. With Mailman, you can easily create and manage your own electronic mailing lists within your organization. We hope this tutorial was helpful in guiding you through the installation process.
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