How To: Enable and Manage Mailman in NodeWorx

Note

Mailman is only available on EL7 and EL8 servers. It is no longer supported for InterWorx on EL9 servers.

Mailman is a software package that may be used to manage electronic mail discussions and e-newsletter lists.

From the NodeWorx control panel, users may enable Mailman on the server, manage the service status, and reset mailing list passwords.

Information on managing mailing lists in SiteWorx can be found here.

Contents

• How To: Enable and Manage Mailman in NodeWorx

  • To Enable Mailman

    • Installing Mailman

    • Creating the Default Mailing List

    • Enabling Mailman in NodeWorx

  • To Check the Status of the Mailman Service

  • To Reset a Mailman List Password

To Enable Mailman

Installing Mailman

1. Log in to the server at the CLI as root, either via SSH or from the terminal

2. Run the following command to install mailman

   yum install mailman
   

3. Run the following command. This will manually run the InterWorx fively cron, which will add Mailman as an option in the GUI:

   • Alternately, wait until after the next fively cron runs to move onto the next steps. The fively cron runs every five minutes.

   ~iworx/cron/iworx.pex --fively
   

Creating the Default Mailing List

1. Log in to the server at the CLI as root, either via SSH or from the terminal

2. Run the following command:

   /usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist
   

3. Follow the prompts:

   • The name of the mailing list must be “mailman”, otherwise the Mailman service will not start

   [root@server ~]#  /usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist
   Enter the name of the list: mailman
   Enter the email of the person running the list: user@domain.com
   Initial mailman password:
   Hit enter to notify mailman owner...
   
   [root@server ~]#
   

Enabling Mailman in NodeWorx

1. Log into NodeWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/nodeworx)

2. In NodeWorx, navigate to Server > Settings

3. Under Mail Options, select On from the Mailman dropdown

To Check the Status of the Mailman Service

1. Log into NodeWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/nodeworx)

2. In NodeWorx, navigate to System Services > Mail Server > Mailman

   

3. Under Mailman Service Control, the Mailman Status bar indicates the current status of the service

   

   • It is also possible to control the status of the service from this interface:

     • Play starts the service

     • Arrow restarts/refreshes the service

     • Stop stops the service

To Reset a Mailman List Password

1. Log into NodeWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/nodeworx)

2. In NodeWorx, navigate to System Services > Mail Server > Mailman

   

3. Under Mailman Password, select the list to update from the Mailman Lists dropdown

   

4. Update the Change Password and Confirm Password fields with the new password

5. Click Update