How to Install Mailman on Manjaro

Mailman is a popular open-source mailing list manager that is widely used for creating and managing mailing lists. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Mailman on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, there are some prerequisites that you need to have:

  • A Manjaro Linux system
  • Access to a terminal with sudo privileges
  • A web server (such as Apache or Nginx) with Python support installed.

Steps to Install Mailman

Follow the steps below to install Mailman on your Manjaro Linux system:

Step 1: Update Your System

First, update your system to ensure that you have the latest packages:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Mailman using Pacman Package Manager

You can install Mailman in Manjaro using the Pacman package manager by running the command below:

sudo pacman -S mailman

Step 3: Configure the Web server

By default, Mailman uses Apache as the web server. If you have not installed Apache, you can do so using the following command:

sudo pacman -S apache

Once you have installed Apache, you will need to enable the cgi module by running the command below:

sudo a2enmod cgi

Next, you will need to create a virtual host for Mailman in Apache. Create a configuration file for Mailman in the directory /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ and configure it as shown below:

Alias /mailman/ "/usr/share/webapps/mailman/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/usr/share/webapps/mailman/cgi-bin/">
    AllowOverride None
    Options ExecCGI
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Save and close the configuration file.

Restart the Apache web server using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

Step 4: Configure Mailman

To configure Mailman, you need to edit the configuration file located at /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py. Open the file in your favorite text editor and make the following changes:

  • Change the value of DEFAULT_URL to match the URL of your Mailman web interface.
  • Set the MTA variable to Postfix since Postfix is the default Mail Transfer Agent used in Manjaro.

Add the following lines to the end of the file:

OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = Yes
DEFAULT_DIGESTABLE = Yes
DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = 0
DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_RECIPIENTS = 100

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Restart Mailman

To restart Mailman, use the command below:

sudo systemctl restart mailman.service

Step 6: Create a Mailing List

After successfully configuring Mailman, you can create a mailing list by running the following command:

sudo newlist -q mylist [email protected] mypassword

where mylist is the name of your list, [email protected] is the email of the list owner, and mypassword is the password for the list owner.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mailman on your Manjaro Linux system. You can now manage your mailing lists from the web interface.