How to Install Postorius on Windows 10

Postorius is a web user interface for managing mailing lists in Mailman 3, a popular mailing list manager. Here's how to install Postorius on Windows 10:

Prerequisites

To install Postorius, you'll need:

• Windows 10 with Python 3.5 or higher installed
• Mailman 3 already installed and running
• pip, the Python package installer

Installation

1. Open a Command Prompt or PowerShell window. To do so, press Win + R on your keyboard, type cmd or powershell, and press Enter.

2. Install virtualenv, a tool for creating isolated Python environments:

   pip install virtualenv
   

3. Create a new virtual environment for Postorius. This will ensure that Postorius and its dependencies are installed separately from other Python packages on your system:

   virtualenv postorius
   

4. Activate the virtual environment:

   postorius\Scripts\activate
   

5. Install Postorius and its dependencies:

   pip install postorius
   

6. Configure Postorius to connect to your Mailman service. To do so, create a new file called local_settings.py in the postorius directory. Include the following contents in this file, replacing the values in brackets with your own:

   MAILMAN_REST_API_URL = 'http://[your-mailman-host]:8001/3.1/'
   MAILMAN_REST_API_USER = '[your-mailman-admin-user]'
   MAILMAN_REST_API_PASS = '[your-mailman-admin-password]'
   

7. Run the Postorius web server:

   postorius-admin runserver
   

8. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8000. You should see the Postorius login screen. Log in with your Mailman admin credentials.

Congratulations! You've installed Postorius on Windows 10. You can now use it to manage mailing lists in Mailman 3.

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