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Re:Why Use Mailing Lists? by pabs3 on Saturday September 27, 2025 @03:12AM (#45393762)
Mailman 3 is horrible, which is why some folks have ported Mailman 2 to Python3.

https://github.com/jaredmauch/mailman2-python3

Re:Why Use Mailing Lists? by igor47 on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:17PM (#45406056)
Lol this makes sense. I really respect the author of mailman3's dedication, but the architecture of the system is insane. There are 3 services -- the actual mail delivery piece, the admin interface, and the archiver -- all talking over various public and local interface, configuration is a nightmare, logs are all over the place, it takes over your system with scheduled cron jobs, there's some kind of built in console that I can't figure out how to use due to virtualenv issues plus cli commands that cover only some of the necessary functionality. It's gotten better since I run the tool as two docker containers, but still ends up being the most difficult service to administer and I administer quite a few