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= Mailman - SOP =
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== Contact Information ==
{{admon/important|All SOPs have been moved to the Fedora Infrastructure [https://pagure.io/infra-docs/ SOP git repository]. Please consult the [https://fedora-infra-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sysadmin-guide/sops/index.html online documentation] for the current version of this document.}}
Owner: Fedora Infrastructure Team


Contact: #fedora-admin, sysadmin-main, sysadmin-tools, sysadmin-hosted group
[[Category:Infrastructure SOPs]]
 
Location: ?
 
Servers: hosted1, collab1
 
Purpose: Provides mailing list services.
 
== Description ==
 
Provides mailing list services for Fedora Hosted projects (hosted1) or the Fedora Project (collab1).
 
== Common Tasks ==
 
=== Creating a new mailing list ===
 
1. Log into hosted1 or collab1
1. sudo /usr/local/bin/fedora-mailing-list-setup
 
<pre>
[you@hosted1 ~] $ sudo /usr/local/bin/fedora-mailing-list-setup
Password:
Project name: project
List name: project-devel
Admin username: username
[you@hosted1 ~] $
</pre>
 
== Troubleshooting and Resolution ==
 
 
 
== List Administration ==
 
The mailman site password for hosted1 can be found it /root/mm_pass
 
<pre>
sudo cat /root/mm_pass
</pre>
 
The site password can be used to reset lists admin passwords if required.
Note: If you change the site password, please update this file.
 
 
== ML password reset ==
 
When a user has requested their mailman password be reset go to the mailing list admin interface at:
 
https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/admin/<MailingListName>
 
Use the site-admin password (see above) to log in, set the password to something.  Then email the list admin the new password as well as asking them to change it.
 
=== Restart Procedure ===
If the server needs to be restarted mailman should come back on it's own.  Otherwise each service on it can be restarted:
 
<pre>
service mailman restart
service postfix restart
</pre>
 
=== How to delete a mailing list ===
 
Delete a list, but keep the archives
<pre>
sudo /usr/lib/mailman/bin/rmlist <listname>
</pre>
 
Delete a list and its archives
<pre>
sudo /usr/lib/mailman/bin/rmlist -a <listname>
</pre>

Latest revision as of 11:59, 16 February 2017


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All SOPs have been moved to the Fedora Infrastructure SOP git repository. Please consult the online documentation for the current version of this document.