Re: sympa mailing list manager

On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 8:13 PM Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 08:32 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 2:26 PM Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 02:36 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mailman3 is a very good choice, if you ask me.
> >>>
> >>> Let me know if you need help with setup.
> ...
>
> > I found Sympa more complicated than Mailman3, but that's just me.
> > I considered using it when I had to move from Mailman2.x to Mailman3.x.
> During that time, Mailman3.x was quite a behemoth to setup, but not anymore.
> >
> > If you need peace of mind, go with Mailman3.
> > Mailman3 can be set up in a Python virtual environment so you do not
> need to bother with the FreeBSD ports.
>
> Which Mailman 3 setup are you using? On Debian I see several packages.
>
> If not a Debian package, can you give me links to the Python setup?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Tom
>

Hi Tom,

I am using the virtualenv method detailed here:
https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/install/virtualenv.html#virtualenv-install
And I use that on ALL OSes - Debian, FreeBSD, etc. At one point I even did
it on OpenBSD running in a VM.
It's the most painless installation method you can ever have.
Using packages (Linux) or ports (FreeBSD) are painful and prone to breakage!


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