In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Postorius on your Windows 11 system. Postorius is a web-based Django application that provides a user interface for managing mailing lists that are powered by Mailman 3. By the end of this tutorial, you should have succeeded in installing Postorius and accessing its web interface.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following requirements:
The first step is to install the necessary packages. To do this, launch Command Prompt as an administrator and run the following commands:
pip install virtualenv
pip install pipenv
Next, create a new virtual environment for your Postorius installation. You can do this by running the following commands:
mkdir postorius
cd postorius
virtualenv env
Now, activate the virtual environment with the following command:
.\env\Scripts\activate
Next, install Postorius using pipenv:
pipenv install postorius
This command will also install any dependencies required by Postorius.
Now, you need to complete the configuration of Postorius. To do this, you will need to clone the Mailman 3 core repository using Git:
git clone https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman.git
Once the repository has been cloned, run the following commands:
cd mailman
pip install -e .
cd ..
python -m mailman config core
python -m mailman config create
This will create a new configuration file that you will need to edit.
Open the configuration file in a text editor and update the following fields with your own values:
Save the configuration file and exit the text editor.
To start Postorius, run the following command:
pipenv run django-admin startproject postorius_project
This will create a new Django project and you will need to update the settings file to include Postorius. In the settings file, add the following lines:
INSTALLED_APPS += ['postorius']
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
'rest_framework.permissions.IsAdminUser',
),
'DEFAULT_FILTER_BACKENDS': (
'django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend',
)
}
Save the settings file and exit the text editor.
Now, run the following command to start the Django development server:
python postorius_project/manage.py runserver
You should now be able to access the Postorius web interface by navigating to http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Postorius on your Windows 11 system. You can now use Postorius to manage your Mailman 3 mailing lists.
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