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8 Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
11 3.0 rc 1 -- "Show Don't Tell"
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17 * Domains now have a list of owners, which are ``IUser`` objects, instead of
18 the single ``contact_address`` they used to have. ``IUser`` objects now
19 also have a ``is_server_owner`` flag (defaulting to False) to indicate
20 whether they have superuser privileges. Give by Abhliash Raj, with fixes
21 and refinements by Barry Warsaw. (LP: #1423756)
22 * Mailing list subscription policy work flow has been completely rewritten.
23 It now properly supports email verification and subscription confirmation
24 by the user, and approval by the moderator using unique tokens.
25 ``IMailingList`` objects now have a ``subscription_policy`` attribute.
27 * Port the REST machinery to Falcon 0.3. (LP: #1446881)
31 * Fix calculation of default configuration file to use when the ``$var_dir``
32 is created by ``mailman start``. (LP: #1411435)
33 * When creating a user with an email address, do not create the user record
34 if the email address already exists. Given by Andrew Stuart.
36 * When deleting a user via REST, make sure all linked addresses are deleted.
37 Found by Andrew Stuart. (LP: #1419519)
38 * When trying to subscribe an address to a mailing list through the REST API
39 where a case-differing version of the address is already subscribed, return
40 a 409 error instead of a 500 error. Found by Ankush Sharma. (LP: #1425359)
41 * ``mailman lists --domain`` was not properly handling its arguments. Given
42 by Manish Gill. (LP: #1166911)
43 * When deleting a user object, make sure their preferences are also deleted.
44 Given by Abhishek. (LP: #1418276)
45 * Be sure a mailing list's acceptable aliases are deleted when the mailing
46 list itself is deleted. (LP: #1432239)
47 * The built-in example ``IArchiver`` implementations now explicitly return
49 * The test suite now runs successfully again with PostgreSQL. Given by
50 Aurélien Bompard. (LP: #1435941)
54 * When specifying a file system path in the [paths.*] section, $cfg_file can
55 be used to expand into the path of the ``-C`` option if given. In the
56 default ``[paths.dev]`` section, ``$var_dir`` is now specified relative to
57 ``$cfg_file`` so that it won't accidentally be relative to the current
58 working directory, if ``-C`` is given.
59 * ``$cwd`` is now an additional substitution variable for the ``mailman.cfg``
60 file's ``[paths.*]`` sections. A new ``[paths.here]`` section is added,
61 which puts the ``var_dir`` in ``$cwd``. It is made the default layout.
65 * Improve the documentation describing how to run Alembic to add new schema
66 migrations. Given by Abhilash Raj.
70 * **Backward incompatible change**: The JSON representation for pending
71 mailing list subscription hold now no longer includes the ``password``
72 key. Also, the ``address`` key has been renamed ``email`` for consistent
73 terminology and other usage.
74 * You can now view the contents of, inject messages into, and delete messages
75 from the various queue directories via the ``<api>/queues`` resource.
76 * You can now DELETE an address. If the address is linked to a user, the
77 user is not delete, it is just unlinked.
78 * A new API is provided to support non-production testing infrastructures,
79 allowing a client to cull all orphaned UIDs via ``DELETE`` on
80 ``<api>/reserved/uids/orphans``. Note that *no guarantees* of API
81 stability will ever be made for resources under ``reserved``.
83 * Domains can now optionally be created with owners; domain owners can be
84 added after the fact; domain owners can be deleted. Also, users now have
85 an ``is_server_owner`` flag as part of their representation, which defaults
86 to False, and can be PUT and PATCH'd. Given by Abhilash Raj, with fixes
87 and refinements by Barry Warsaw. (LP: #1423756)
90 3.0 beta 5 -- "Carve Away The Stone"
91 ====================================
96 * Fixed Unicode errors in the digest runner and when sending messages to the
97 site owner as a fallback. Given by Aurélien Bompard. (LP: #1130957).
98 * Fixed Unicode errors when a message being added to the digest has non-ascii
99 characters in its payload, but no Content-Type header defining a charset.
100 Given by Aurélien Bompard. (LP: #1170347)
101 * Fixed messages without a `text/plain` part crashing the `Approved` rule.
102 Given by Aurélien Bompard. (LP: #1158721)
103 * Fixed getting non-ASCII filenames from RFC 2231 i18n'd messages. Given by
104 Aurélien Bompard. (LP: #1060951)
105 * Fixed `AttributeError` on MIME digest messages. Given by Aurélien Bompard.
110 * The `mailman conf` command no longer takes the `-t/--sort` option; the
111 output is always sorted.
115 * The ``[database]migrations_path`` setting is removed.
119 * The ORM layer, previously implemented with Storm, has been replaced by
120 SQLAlchemy, thanks to the fantastic work by Abhilash Raj and Aurélien
121 Bompard. Alembic is now used for all database schema migrations.
122 * The new logger `mailman.database` logs any errors at the database layer.
126 * Python 3.4 is now the minimum requirement.
127 * You no longer have to create a virtual environment separately when running
128 the test suite. Just use `tox`.
129 * You no longer have to edit `src/mailman/testing/testing.cfg` to run the
130 test suite against PostgreSQL. See `src/mailman/docs/START.rst` for
135 * The RFC 2369 headers added to outgoing messages are now added in sorted
137 * Several changes to the internal API:
139 - `IListManager.mailing_lists` is guaranteed to be sorted in List-ID order.
140 - `IDomains.mailing_lists` is guaranteed to be sorted in List-ID order.
141 - Iteration over domains via the `IDomainManager` is guaranteed to be sorted
142 by `IDomain.mail_host` order.
143 - `ITemporaryDatabase` interface and all implementations are removed.
147 * The Falcon Framework has replaced restish as the REST layer. This is an
148 internal change only.
149 * The JSON representation `http_etag` key uses an algorithm that is
150 insensitive to Python's dictionary sort order.
151 * The address resource now has an additional '/user' sub-resource which can
152 be used to GET the address's linked user if there is one. This
153 sub-resource also supports POST to link an unlinked address (with an
154 optional 'auto_create' flag), and PUT to link the address to a different
155 user. It also supports DELETE to unlink the address. (LP: #1312884)
156 Given by Aurélien Bompard based on work by Nicolas Karageuzian.
157 * The ``/3.0/system`` path is deprecated; use ``/3.0/system/versions`` to get
158 the system version information.
159 * You can access the system configuration via the resource path
160 ``/3.0/system/configuration/<section>``. This returns a dictionary with
161 the keys being the section's variables and the values being their value
162 from ``mailman.cfg`` as verbatim strings. You can get a list of all
163 section names via ``/3.0/system/configuration`` which returns a dictionary
164 containing the ``http_etag`` and the section names as a sorted list under
165 the ``sections`` key. The system configuration resource is read-only.
166 * Member resource JSON now include the ``member_id`` as a separate key.
169 3.0 beta 4 -- "Time and Motion"
170 ===============================
175 * Mailman 3 no longer uses ``zc.buildout`` and tests are now run by the
176 ``nose2`` test runner. See ``src/mailman/docs/START.rst`` for details on
177 how to build Mailman and run the test suite. Also, use ``-P`` to select a
178 test pattern and ``-E`` to enable stderr debugging in runners.
179 * Use the ``enum34`` package instead of ``flufl.enum``.
180 * Use ``setuptools`` instead of ``distribute``, since the latter is defunct.
184 * Add ``reply_to_address`` and ``first_strip_reply_to`` as writable
185 attributes of a mailing list's configuration. (LP: #1157881)
186 * Support pagination of some large collections (lists, users, members).
187 [Florian Fuchs] (LP: #1156529)
188 * Expose ``hide_address`` to the ``.../preferences`` REST API.
189 [Sneha Priscilla.] (LP: #1203519)
190 * Mailing lists can now individually enable or disable any archiver available
191 site-wide. [Joanna Skrzeszewska] (LP: #1158040)
192 * Addresses can be added to existing users, including display names, via the
193 REST API. [Florian Fuchs]
194 * Fixed a crash in the REST server when searching for nonmembers via
195 ``/find`` which we've never seen before, because those members only have an
196 address record, not a user record. This requires a small change in the API
197 where the JSON response's ``address`` key now contains the URL to the
198 address resource, the new ``email`` key contains the email address as a
199 string, and the ``user`` key is optional.
203 * `mailman conf` now has a `-t/--sort` flag which sorts the output by section
204 and then key. [Karl-Aksel Puulmann and David Soto] (LP: 1162492)
205 * Greatly improve the fidelity of the Mailman 2.1 list importer functionality
206 (i.e. ``mailman import21``). [Aurélien Bompard].
210 * Add support for the Exim 4 MTA. [Stephen Turnbull]
211 * When creating the initial file system layout in ``var``, e.g. via
212 ``bin/mailman info``, add an ``var/etc/mailman.cfg`` file if one does not
213 already exist. Also, when initializing the system, look for that file as
214 the configuration file, just after ``./mailman.cfg`` and before
215 ``~/.mailman.cfg``. (LP: #1157861)
219 * The `bounceevent` table now uses list-ids to cross-reference the mailing
220 list, to match other tables. Similarly for the `IBounceEvent` interface.
221 * Added a `listarchiver` table to support list-specific archivers.
225 * Non-queue runners should not create ``var/queue`` subdirectories.
226 [Sandesh Kumar Agrawal] (LP: #1095422)
227 * Creation of lists with upper case names should be coerced to lower case.
229 * Fix REST server crash on `mailman reopen` due to no interception of
230 signals. (LP: #1184376)
231 * Add `subject_prefix` to the `IMailingList` interface, and clarify the
232 docstring for `display_name`. (LP: #1181498)
233 * Fix importation from MM2.1 to MM3 of the archive policy.
234 [Aurélien Bompard] (LP: #1227658)
235 * Fix non-member moderation rule to prefer a member sender if both members
236 and non-members are in the message's sender list. [Aurélien Bompard]
238 * Fix IntegrityError (against PostgreSQL) when deleting a list with content
239 filters. [Aurélien Bompard] (LP: #1117174)
240 * Fix test isolation bug in ``languages.rst``.
241 [Piotr Kasprzyk] (LP: #1308769)
244 3.0 beta 3 -- "Here Again"
245 ==========================
250 * Python 2.7 is now required. Python 2.6 is no longer officially supported.
251 The code base is now also `python2.7 -3` clean, although there are still
252 some warnings in 3rd party dependencies. (LP: #1073506)
256 * **API change**: The JSON representation for held messages no longer
257 includes the `data` key. The values in this dictionary are flatted into
258 the top-level JSON representation. The `key` key is remove since it's
259 redundant. Use `message_id` for held messages, and `address` for held
260 subscriptions/unsubscriptions. The following `_mod_*` keys are inserted
261 without the `_mod_` prefix:
263 - `_mod_subject` -> `subject`
264 - `_mod_hold_date` -> `hold_date`
265 - `_mod_reason` -> `reason`
266 - `_mod_sender` -> `sender`
267 - `_mod_message_id` -> `message_id`
269 * List styles are supported through the REST API. Get the list of available
270 styles (by name) via `.../lists/styles`. Create a list in a specific style
271 by using POST data `style_name=<style>`. (LP: #975692)
272 * Allow the getting/setting of IMailingList.subject_prefix via the REST API
273 (given by Terri Oda). (LP: #1062893)
274 * Expose a REST API for membership change (subscriptions and unsubscriptions)
275 moderation. (LP: #1090753)
276 * Add list_id to JSON representation for a mailing list (given by Jimmy
278 * The canonical resource for a mailing list (and thus its self_link) is now
279 the URL with the list-id. To reference a mailing list, the list-id url is
280 preferred, but for backward compatibility, the posting address is still
282 * You can now PUT and PATCH on user resources to change the user's display
283 name or password. For passwords, you pass in the clear text password and
284 Mailman will hash it before storing.
285 * You can now verify and unverify an email address through the REST API.
286 POST to .../addresses/<email>/verify and .../addresses/<email>/unverify
287 respectively. The POST data is ignored. It is not an error to verify or
288 unverify an address more than once, but verifying an already verified
289 address does not change its `.verified_on` date. (LP: #1054730)
290 * Deleting a user through the REST API also deletes all the user's linked
291 addresses and memberships. (LP: #1074374)
292 * A user's password can be verified by POSTing to .../user/<id>/login. The
293 data must contain a single parameter `cleartext_password` and if this
294 matches, a 204 (No Content) will be returned, otherwise a 403 (Forbidden)
295 is returned. (LP: #1065447)
299 * `[passlib]path` configuration variable renamed to `[passlib]configuration`.
300 * Postfix-specific configurations in the `[mta]` section are moved to a
301 separate file, named by the `[mta]configuration` variable.
302 * In the new `postfix.cfg` file, `postfix_map_cmd` is renamed to
304 * The default list style is renamed to `legacy-default` and a new
305 `legacy-announce` style is added. This is similar to the `legacy-default`
306 except set up for announce-only lists.
310 * The `ban` table now uses list-ids to cross-reference the mailing list,
311 since these cannot change even if the mailing list is moved or renamed.
312 * The following columns were unused and have been removed:
314 - `mailinglist.new_member_options`
315 - `mailinglist.send_reminders`
316 - `mailinglist.subscribe_policy`
317 - `mailinglist.unsubscribe_policy`
318 - `mailinglist.subscribe_auto_approval`
319 - `mailinglist.private_roster`
320 - `mailinglist.admin_member_chunksize`
324 * The `IBanManager` is no longer a global utility. Instead, you adapt an
325 `IMailingList` to an `IBanManager` to manage the bans for a specific
326 mailing list. To manage the global bans, adapt ``None``.
330 * `bin/mailman aliases` loses the `--output`, `--format`, and `--simple`
331 arguments, and adds a `--directory` argument. This is necessary to support
332 the Postfix `relay_domains` support.
333 * `bin/mailman start` was passing the wrong relative path to its runner
334 subprocesses when -C was given. (LP: #982551)
335 * `bin/runner` command has been simplified and its command line options
336 reduced. Now, only one `-r/--runner` option may be provided and the
337 round-robin feature has been removed.
341 * Added support for Postfix `relay_domains` setting for better virtual domain
342 support. [Jimmy Bergman].
343 * Two new events are triggered on membership changes: `SubscriptionEvent`
344 when a new member joins a mailing list, and an `UnsubscriptionEvent` when a
345 member leaves a mailing list. (LP: #1047286)
346 * Improve the --help text for the `start`, `stop`, `restart`, and `reopen`
347 subcommands. (LP: #1035033)
351 * Fixed `send_goodbye_message()`. (LP: #1091321)
352 * Fixed REST server crash on `reopen` command. Identification and test
353 provided by Aurélien Bompard. (LP: #1184376)
356 3.0 beta 2 -- "Freeze"
357 ======================
362 * The link between members and the mailing lists they are subscribed to, is
363 now via the RFC 2369 `list_id` instead of the fqdn listname (i.e. posting
364 address). This is because while the posting address can change if the
365 mailing list is moved to a new server, the list id is fixed.
368 - IListManager.get_by_list_id() added.
369 - IListManager.list_ids added.
370 - IMailingList.list_id added.
371 - Several internal APIs that accepted fqdn list names now require list ids,
372 e.g. ISubscriptionService.join() and .find_members().
373 - IMember.list_id attribute added; .mailing_list is now an alias that
374 retrieves and returns the IMailingList.
376 * `passlib`_ is now used for all password hashing instead of flufl.password.
377 The default hash is `sha512_crypt`. (LP: #1015758)
378 * Internally, all datetimes are kept in the UTC timezone, however because of
379 LP: #280708, they are stored in the database in naive format.
380 * `received_time` is now added to the message metadata by the LMTP runner
381 instead of by `Switchboard.enqueue()`. This latter no longer depends on
382 `received_time` in the metadata.
383 * The `ArchiveRunner` no longer acquires a lock before it calls the
384 individual archiver implementations, since not all of them need a lock. If
385 they do, the implementations must acquire said lock themselves.
386 * The `news` runner and queue has been renamed to the more accurate `nntp`.
387 The runner has also been ported to Mailman 3 (LP: #967409). Beta testers
388 can safely remove `$var_dir/queue/news`.
389 * A mailing list's *moderator password* is no longer stored in the clear; it
390 is hashed with the currently selected scheme.
391 * An `AddressVerificationEvent` is triggered when an `IAddress` is verified
392 or unverified. (LP: #975698)
393 * A `PasswordChangeEvent` is triggered when an `IUser`'s password changes.
395 * When a queue runner gets an exception in its _dispose() method, a
396 `RunnerCrashEvent` is triggered, which contains references to the queue
397 runner, mailing list, message, metadata, and exception. Interested parties
398 can subscribe to that `zope.event` for notification.
399 * Events renamed and moved:
400 * `mailman.chains.accept.AcceptNotification`
401 * `mailman.chains.base.ChainNotification`
402 * `mailman.chains.discard.DiscardNotification`
403 * `mailman.chains.hold.HoldNotification`
404 * `mailman.chains.owner.OwnerNotification`
405 * `mailman.chains.reject.RejectNotification`
406 changed to (respectively):
407 * `mailman.interfaces.chains.AcceptEvent`
408 * `mailman.interfaces.chains.ChainEvent`
409 * `mailman.interfaces.chains.DiscardEvent`
410 * `mailman.interfaces.chains.HoldEvent`
411 * `mailman.interfaces.chains.AcceptOwnerEvent`
412 * `mailman.interfaces.chains.RejectEvent`
413 * A `ConfigurationUpdatedEvent` is triggered when the system-wide global
414 configuration stack is pushed or popped.
415 * The policy for archiving has now been collapsed into a single enum, called
416 ArchivePolicy. This describes the three states of never archive, archive
417 privately, and archive_publicly. (LP: #967238)
421 * Schema migrations (LP: #971013)
423 - mailinglist.include_list_post_header -> allow_list_posts
424 - mailinglist.news_prefix_subject_too -> nntp_prefix_subject_too
425 - mailinglist.news_moderation -> newsgroup_moderation
426 - mailinglist.archive and mailinglist.archive_private have been collapsed
428 - mailinglist.nntp_host has been removed.
429 - mailinglist.generic_nonmember_action has been removed (LP: #975696)
431 * Schema migrations (LP: #1024509)
432 - member.mailing_list -> list_id
433 * The PostgreSQL port of the schema accidentally added a moderation_callback
434 column to the mailinglist table. Since this is unused in Mailman, it was
435 simply commented out of the base schema for PostgreSQL.
439 * Expose `archive_policy` in the REST API. Contributed by Alexander
440 Sulfrian. (LP: #1039129)
444 * New configuration variables `clobber_date` and `clobber_skew` supported in
445 every `[archiver.<name>]` section. These are used to determine under what
446 circumstances a message destined for a specific archiver should have its
447 `Date:` header clobbered. (LP: #963612)
448 * With the switch to `passlib`_, `[passwords]password_scheme` has been
449 removed. Instead use `[passwords]path` to specify where to find the
450 `passlib.cfg` file. See the comments in `schema.cfg` for details.
451 * Configuration schema variable changes:
452 * [nntp]username -> [nntp]user
454 * Header check specifications in the `mailman.cfg` file have changed quite
455 bit. The previous `[spam.header.foo]` sections have been removed.
456 Instead, there's a new `[antispam]` section that contains a `header_checks`
457 variable. This variable takes multiple lines of `Header: regexp` values,
458 one per line. There is also a new `jump_chain` variable which names the
459 chain to jump to should any of the header checks (including the
460 list-specific, and programmatically added ones) match.
464 * Some additional documentation on related components such as Postorius and
465 hyperkitty have been added, given by Stephen J Turnbull.
469 * Fixed the RFC 1153 digest footer to be compliant. (LP: #887610)
470 * Fixed a UnicodeError with non-ascii message bodies in the `approved` rule,
471 given by Mark Sapiro. (LP: #949924)
472 * Fixed a typo when returning the configuration file's header match checks.
474 * List-Post should be NO when posting is not allowed. (LP: #987563)
475 * Non-unicode values in msgdata broke pending requests. (LP: #1031391)
476 * Show devmode in `bin/mailman info` output. (LP: #1035028)
477 * Fix residual references to the old `IMailingList` archive variables.
480 .. _`passlib`: http://packages.python.org/passlib/index.html
483 3.0 beta 1 -- "The Twilight Zone"
484 =================================
489 * Schema migrations have been implemented.
490 * Implement the style manager as a utility instead of an attribute hanging
491 off the `mailman.config.config` object.
492 * PostgreSQL support contributed by Stephen A. Goss. (LP: #860159)
493 * Separate out the RFC 2369 header adding handler.
494 * Dynamically calculate the `List-Id` header instead of storing it in the
495 database. This means it cannot be changed.
496 * Major redesign of the template search system, fixing LP: #788309. $var_dir
497 is now used when search for all template overrides, site, domain, or
498 mailing list. The in-tree English templates are used only as a last
500 * Support downloading templates by URI, including mailman:// URIs. This is
501 used in welcome and goodbye messages, as well as regular and digest headers
502 and footers, and supports both language and mailing list specifications.
503 E.g. mailman:///test@example.com/it/welcome.txt
504 * $user_password is no longer supported as a placeholder in headers and
506 * Mailing lists get multiple chains and pipelines. For example, normal
507 postings go through the `posting_chain` while messages to owners to through
508 `owners_chain`. The default `built-in` chain is renamed to
509 `default-posting-chain` while the `built-in` pipeline is renamed
510 `default-posting-pipeline`.
511 * The experimental `maildir` runner is removed. Use LMTP.
512 * The LMTP server now requires that the incoming message have a `Message-ID`,
513 otherwise it rejects the message with a 550 error. Also, the LMTP server
514 adds the `X-Message-ID-Hash` header automatically. The `inject` cli
515 command will also add the `X-Message-ID-Hash` header, but it will craft a
516 `Message-ID` header first if one is missing from the injected text. Also,
517 `inject` will always set the correct value for the `original_size`
518 attribute on the message object, instead of trusting a possibly incorrect
519 value if it's already set. The individual `IArchiver` implementations no
520 longer set the `X-Message-ID-Hash` header.
521 * The Prototype archiver now stores its files in maildir format inside of
522 `$var_dir/archives/prototype`, given by Toshio Kuratomi.
523 * Improved "8 mile high" document distilled by Stephen J Turnbull from the
524 Pycon 2012 Mailman 3 sprint. Also improvements to the Sphinx build given
525 by Andrea Crotti (LP: #954718).
526 * Pipermail has been eradicated.
527 * Configuration variable `[mailman]filtered_messages_are_preservable`
528 controls whether messages which have their top-level `Content-Type`
529 filtered out can be preserved in the `bad` queue by list owners.
530 * Configuration section `[scrubber]` removed, as is the scrubber handler.
531 This handler was essentially incompatible with Mailman 3 since it required
532 coordination with Pipermail to store attachments on disk.
537 - welcome_msg -> welcome_message_uri
538 - goodbye_msg -> goodbye_message_uri
539 - send_welcome_msg -> send_welcome_message
540 - send_goodbye_msg -> send_goodbye_message
541 - msg_header -> header_uri
542 - msg_footer -> footer_uri
543 - digest_header -> digest_header_uri
544 - digest_footer -> digest_footer_uri
545 - start_chain -> posting_chain
546 - pipeline -> posting_pipeline
547 - real_name -> display_name (mailinglist, user, address)
549 - mailinglist.filter_action
550 - mailinglist.owner_chain
551 - mailinglist.owner_pipeline
555 * Held messages can now be moderated through the REST API. Mailing list
556 resources now accept a `held` path component. GETing this returns all held
557 messages for the mailing list. POSTing to a specific request id under this
558 url can dispose of the message using `Action` enums.
559 * Mailing list resources now have a `member_count` attribute which gives the
560 number of subscribed members. Given by Toshio Kuratomi.
564 * Add property `IUserManager.members` to return all `IMembers` in the system.
565 * Add property `IListmanager.name_components` which returns 2-tuples for
566 every mailing list as (list_name, mail_host).
567 * Remove previously deprecated `IListManager.get_mailing_lists()`.
568 * `IMailTransportAgentAliases` now explicitly accepts duck-typed arguments.
569 * `IRequests` interface is removed. Now just use adaptation from
570 `IListRequests` directly (which takes an `IMailingList` object).
571 * `handle_message()` now allows for `Action.hold` which is synonymous with
572 `Action.defer` (since the message is already being held).
573 * `IListRequests.get_request()` now takes an optional `request_type`
574 argument to narrow the search for the given request.
575 * New `ITemplateLoader` utility.
576 * `ILanguageManager.add()` returns the `ILanguage` object just created.
577 * `IMailinglist.decorators` removed; it was unused
578 * `IMailingList.real_name` -> `IMailingList.display_name`
579 * `IUser.real_name` -> `IUser.display_name`
580 * `IAddress.real_name` -> `IAddress.display_name`
581 * Add property `IRoster.member_count`.
585 * IPython support in `bin/mailman shell` contributed by Andrea Crotti.
587 * The `mailman.cfg` configuration file will now automatically be detected if
588 it exists in an `etc` directory which is a sibling of argv0.
589 * `bin/mailman shell` is an alias for `withlist`.
590 * The `confirm` email command now properly handles `Re:`-like prefixes, even
591 if they contain non-ASCII characters. (LP: #685261)
592 * The `join` email command no longer accepts an `address=` argument. Its
593 `digest=` argument now accepts the following values: `no` (for regular
594 delivery), `mime`, or `plain`.
595 * Added a `help` email command.
596 * A welcome message is sent when the user confirms their subscription via
598 * Global ``-C`` option now accepts an absolute path to the configuration
599 file. Given by Andrea Crotti. (LP: #953707)
603 * Subscription disabled probe warning notification messages are now sent
604 without a `Precedence:` header. Given by Mark Sapiro. (LP: #808821)
605 * Fixed KeyError in retry runner, contributed by Stephen A. Goss.
607 * Fixed bogus use of `bounce_processing` attribute (should have been
608 `process_bounces`, with thanks to Vincent Fretin. (LP: #876774)
609 * Fix `test_moderation` for timezones east of UTC+0000, given by blacktav.
613 3.0 alpha 8 -- "Where's My Thing?"
614 ==================================
619 * Factor out bounce detection to `flufl.bounce`.
620 * Unrecognized bounces can now also be forwarded to the site owner.
621 * mailman.qrunner log is renamed to mailman.runner
622 * master-qrunner.lck -> master.lck
623 * master-qrunner.pid -> master.pid
624 * Four new events are created, and notifications are sent during mailing list
626 - ListCreatingEvent - sent before the mailing list is created
627 - ListCreatedEvent - sent after the mailing list is created
628 - ListDeletingEvent - sent before the mailing list is deleted
629 - ListDeletedEvent - sent after the mailing list is deleted
630 * Four new events are created, and notifications are sent during domain
632 - DomainCreatingEvent - sent before the domain is created
633 - DomainCreatedEvent - sent after the domain is created
634 - DomainDeletingEvent - sent before the domain is deleted
635 - DomainDeletedEvent - sent after the domain is deleted
636 * Using the above events, when a domain is deleted, associated mailing lists
637 are deleted. (LP: #837526)
638 * IDomain.email_host -> .mail_host (LP: #831660)
639 * User and Member ids are now proper UUIDs.
640 * Improved the way enums are stored in the database, so that they are more
641 explicitly expressed in the code, and more database efficient.
645 * Preferences for addresses, users, and members can be accessed, changed, and
646 deleted through the REST interface. Hierarchical, combined preferences for
647 members, and system preferences can be read through the REST interface.
649 * The IMailingList attribute ``host_name`` has been renamed to ``mail_host``
650 for consistency. This changes the REST API for mailing list
651 resources. (LP: #787599)
652 * New REST resource http://.../members/find can be POSTed to in order to find
653 member records. Optional arguments are `subscriber` (email address to
654 search for), `fqdn_listname`, and `role` (i.e. MemberRole). (LP: #799612)
655 * You can now query or change a member's `delivery_mode` attribute through
656 the REST API (LP: #833132). Given by Stephen A. Goss.
657 * New REST resource http://.../<domain>/lists can be GETed in order to find
658 all the mailing lists in a specific domain (LP: #829765). Given by
660 * Fixed /lists/<fqdn_listname>/<role>/<email> (LP: #825570)
661 * Remove role plurals from /lists/<fqdn_listname/rosters/<role>
662 * Fixed incorrect error code for /members/<bogus> (LP: #821020). Given by
664 * DELETE users via the REST API. (LP: #820660)
665 * Moderators and owners can be added via REST (LP: #834130). Given by
667 * Getting the roster or configuration of a nonexistent list did not give a
668 404 error (LP: #837676). Given by Stephen A. Goss.
669 * PATCHing an invalid attribute on a member did not give a 400 error
670 (LP: #833376). Given by Stephen A. Goss.
671 * Getting the memberships for a non-existent address did not give a 404 error
672 (LP: #848103). Given by Stephen A. Goss.
676 * `bin/qrunner` is renamed to `bin/runner`.
677 * `bin/mailman aliases` gains `-f` and `-s` options.
678 * `bin/mailman create` no longer allows a list to be created with bogus owner
679 addresses. (LP: #778687)
680 * `bin/mailman start --force` option is fixed. (LP: #869317)
684 * Update the COPYING file to contain the GPLv3. (LP: #790994)
685 * Major terminology change: ban the terms "queue runners" and "qrunners" since
686 not all runners manage queue directories. Just call them "runners". Also,
687 the master is now just called "the master runner".
691 * New configuration variable in [devmode] section, called `wait` which sets
692 the timeout value used in the test suite for starting up subprocesses.
693 * Handle SIGTERM in the REST server so that the test suite always shuts down
694 correctly. (LP: #770328)
696 Other bugs and changes
697 ----------------------
698 * Moderating a message with Action.accept now sends the message. (LP: #827697)
699 * Fix AttributeError triggered by i18n call in autorespond_to_sender()
701 * Local timezone in X-Mailman-Approved-At caused test failure. (LP: #832404)
702 * InvalidEmailAddressError no longer repr()'s its value.
703 * Rewrote a test for compatibility between Python 2.6 and 2.7. (LP: #833208)
704 * Fixed Postfix alias file generation when more than one mailing list
705 exists. (LP: #874929). Given by Vincent Fretin.
708 3.0 alpha 7 -- "Mission"
709 ========================
714 * Significant updates to the subscription model. Members can now subscribe
715 with a preferred address, and changes to that will be immediately reflected
716 in mailing list subscriptions. Users who subscribe with an explicit
717 address can easily change to a different address, as long as that address
718 is verified. (LP: #643949)
719 * IUsers and IMembers are now assigned a unique, random, immutable id.
720 * IUsers now have created_on and .preferred_address properties.
721 * IMembers now have a .user attribute for easy access to the subscribed user.
722 * When created with add_member(), passwords are always stored encrypted.
723 * In all interfaces, "email" refers to the textual email address while
724 "address" refers to the `IAddress` object.
725 * mailman.chains.base.Chain no longer self registers.
726 * New member and nonmember moderation rules and chains. This effectively
727 ports moderation rules from Mailman 2 and replaces attributes such as
728 member_moderation_action, default_member_moderation, and
729 generic_nonmember_action. Now, nonmembers exist as subscriptions on a
730 mailing list and members have a moderation_action attribute which describes
731 the disposition for postings from that address.
732 * Member.is_moderated was removed because of the above change.
733 * default_member_action and default_nonmember_action were added to mailing
735 * All sender addresses are registered (unverified) with the user manager by
736 the incoming queue runner. This way, nonmember moderation rules will
737 always have an IAddress that they can subscribe to the list (as
738 MemberRole.nonmember).
739 * Support for SMTP AUTH added via smtp_user and smtp_pass configuration
740 variables in the [mta] section. (LP: #490044)
741 * IEmailValidator interface for pluggable validation of email addresses.
742 * .subscribe() is moved from the IAddress to the IMailingList
743 * IAddresses get their registered_on attribute set when the object is created.
747 * [devmode] section gets a new 'testing' variable.
748 * Added password_scheme and password_length settings for defining the
749 default password encryption scheme.
750 * creator_pw_file and site_pw_file are removed.
754 * 'bin/mailman start' does a better job of producing an error when Mailman is
756 * 'bin/mailman status' added for providing command line status on the master
757 queue runner watcher process.
758 * 'bin/mailman info' now prints the REST root url and credentials.
759 * mmsitepass removed; there is no more site password.
763 * Add Basic Auth support for REST API security. (Jimmy Bergman)
764 * Include the fqdn_listname and email address in the member JSON
766 * Added reply_goes_to_list, send_welcome_msg, welcome_msg,
767 default_member_moderation to the mailing list's writable attributes in the
768 REST service. (Jimmy Bergman)
769 * Expose the new membership model to the REST API. Canonical member resource
770 URLs are now much shorter and live in their own top-level namespace instead
771 of within the mailing list's namespace.
772 * /addresses/<email>/memberships gets all the memberships for a given email
774 * /users is a new top-level URL under which user information can be
775 accessed. Posting to this creates new users.
776 * Users can subscribe to mailing lists through the REST API.
777 * Domains can be deleted via the REST API.
778 * PUT and PATCH to a list configuration now returns a 204 (No Content).
782 * Support Python 2.7. (LP: #667472)
783 * Disable site-packages in buildout.cfg because of LP: #659231.
784 * Don't include eggs/ or parts/ in the source tarball. (LP: #656946)
785 * flufl.lock is now required instead of locknix.
789 * Typo in scan_message(). (LP: #645897)
790 * Typo in add_member(). (LP: #710182) (Florian Fuchs)
791 * Re-enable bounce detectors. (LP: #756943)
792 * Clean up many pyflakes problems; ditching pylint.
795 3.0 alpha 6 -- "Cut to the Chase"
796 =================================
801 * The functionality of 'bin/list_members' has been moved to
802 'bin/mailman members'.
803 * 'bin/mailman info' -v/--verbose output displays the file system
804 layout paths Mailman is currently configured to use.
808 * You can now configure the paths Mailman uses for queue files, lock files,
809 data files, etc. via the configuration file. Define a file system 'layout'
810 and then select that layout in the [mailman] section. Default layouts
811 include 'local' for putting everything in /var/tmp/mailman, 'dev' for local
812 development, and 'fhs' for Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 2.3 (LP #490144).
813 * Queue file directories now live in $var_dir/queues.
817 * lazr.restful has been replaced by restish as the REST publishing technology
819 * New REST API for getting all the members of a roster for a specific mailing
821 * New REST API for getting and setting a mailing list's configuration. GET
822 and PUT are supported to retrieve the current configuration, and set all
823 the list's writable attributes in one request. PATCH is supported to
824 partially update a mailing list's configuration. Individual options can be
825 set and retrieved by using subpaths.
826 * Subscribing an already subscribed member via REST now returns a 409 HTTP
828 * Fixed a bug when deleting a list via the REST API. LP: #601899
832 * X-BeenThere header is removed.
833 * Mailman no longer touches the Sender or Errors-To headers.
834 * Chain actions can now fire Zope events in their _process()
836 * Environment variable $MAILMAN_VAR_DIR can be used to control the var/
837 directory for Mailman's runtime files. New environment variable
838 $MAILMAN_UNDER_MASTER_CONTROL is used instead of the qrunner's --subproc/-s
843 * Allow X-Approved and X-Approve headers, equivalent to Approved and
845 * Various test failure fixes. LP: #543618, LP: #544477
846 * List-Post header is retained in MIME digest messages. LP: #526143
847 * Importing from a Mailman 2.1.x list is partially supported.
850 3.0 alpha 5 -- "Distant Early Warning"
851 ======================================
856 * Add REST API for subscription services. You can now:
858 - list all members in all mailing lists
859 - subscribe (and possibly register) an address to a mailing list
860 - unsubscribe an address from mailing list
864 * 'bin/dumpdb' is now 'bin/mailman qfile'
865 * 'bin/unshunt' is now 'bin/mailman unshunt'
866 * Mailman now properly handles the '-join', '-leave', and '-confirm' email
867 commands and sub-addresses. '-subscribe' and '-unsubscribe' are aliases
868 for '-join' and '-leave' respectively.
872 * devmode settings now live in their own [devmode] section.
873 * Mailman now searches for a configuration file using this search order. The
874 first file that exists is used.
876 - -C config command line argument
877 - $MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE environment variable
883 3.0 alpha 4 -- "Vital Signs"
884 ============================
889 * 'bin/inject' is now 'bin/mailman inject', with some changes
890 * 'bin/mailmanctl' is now 'bin/mailman start|stop|reopen|restart'
891 * 'bin/mailman version' is added (output same as 'bin/mailman --version')
892 * 'bin/mailman members' command line arguments have changed. It also
893 now ignores blank lines and lines that start with #. It also no longer
894 quits when it sees an address that's already subscribed.
895 * 'bin/withlist' is now 'bin/mailman withlist', and its command line
896 arguments have changed.
897 * 'bin/mailman lists' command line arguments have changed.
898 * 'bin/genaliases' is now 'bin/mailman aliases'
902 * A near complete rewrite of the low-level SMTP delivery machinery. This
903 greatly improves readability, testability, reuse and extensibility. Almost
904 all the old functionality has been retained. The smtp_direct.py handler is
906 * Refactor model objects into the mailman.model subpackage.
907 * Refactor most of the i18n infrastructure into a separate flufl.i18n package.
908 * Switch from setuptools to distribute.
909 * Remove the dependency on setuptools_bzr
910 * Do not create the .mo files during setup.
914 * All log files now have a '.log' suffix by default.
915 * The substitution placeholders in the verp_format configuration variable
917 * Add a devmode configuration variable that changes some basic behavior.
918 Most importantly, it allows you to set a low-level SMTP recipient for all
919 mail for testing purposes. See also devmode_recipient.
922 3.0 alpha 3 -- "Working Man"
923 ============================
928 * Configuration is now done through lazr.config. Defaults.py is
929 dead. lazr.config files are essentially hierarchical ini files.
930 * Domains are now stored in the database instead of in the configuration file.
931 * pre- and post- initialization hooks are now available to plugins. Specify
932 additional hooks to run in the configuration file.
933 * Add the environment variable $MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE which overrides the -C
935 * Make LMTP more compliant with Postfix docs (Patrick Koetter)
936 * Added a NullMTA for mail servers like Exim which just work automatically.
940 * 'bin/mailman' is a new super-command for managing Mailman from the command
941 line. Some older bin scripts have been converted, with more to come.
942 * Mailman now has an administrative REST interface which can be used to get
943 information from and manage Mailman remotely.
944 * Back port of Mailman 2.1's limit on .bak file restoration. After 3
945 restores, the file is moved to the bad queue, with a .psv extension. (Mark
947 * Digest creation is moved into a new queue runner so it doesn't block main
952 * bin/make_instance is no longer necessary, and removed
953 * The debug log is turned up to info by default to reduce log file spam.
955 Building and installation
956 -------------------------
957 * All doc tests can now be turned into documentation, via Sphinx. Just run
958 bin/docs after bin/buildout.
961 3.0 alpha 2 -- "Grand Designs"
962 ==============================
968 * Mailman 3 is now licensed under the GPLv3.
973 * Changed bin/arch to attempt to open the mbox before wiping the old
974 archive. Launchpad bug #280418.
976 * Added digest.mbox and pending.pck to the 'list' files checked by
977 check_perms. Launchpad bug #284802.
982 * Converted to using zope.testing as the test infrastructure. Use bin/test
983 now to run the full test suite.
984 <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.testing/3.7.1>
985 * Partially converted to using lazr.config as the new configuration
986 regime. Not everything has been converted yet, so some manual editing
987 of mailman/Defaults.py is required. This will be rectified in future
988 versions. <http://launchpad.net/lazr.config>
989 * All web-related stuff is moved to its own directory, effectively moving
990 it out of the way for now.
991 * The email command infrastructure has been reworked to play more nicely
992 with the plug-in architecture. Not all commands have yet been
998 * The LMTP server now properly calculates the message's original size.
999 * For command line scripts, -C names the configuration file to use. For
1000 convenient testing, if -C is not given, then the environment variable
1001 MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE is consulted.
1002 * Support added for a local MHonArc archiver, as well as archiving
1003 automatically in the remote Mail-Archive.com service.
1004 * The permalink proposal for supporting RFC 5064 has been adopted.
1005 * Mailing lists no longer have a .web_page_url attribute; this is taken from
1006 the mailing list's domain's base_url attribute.
1007 * Incoming MTA selection is now taken from the config file instead of
1008 plugins. An MTA for Postfix+LMTP is added. bin/genaliases works again.
1009 * If a message has no Message-ID, the stock archivers will return None for
1010 the permalink now instead of raising an assertion.
1011 * IArchiver no longer has an is_enabled property; this is taken from the
1012 configuration file now.
1017 * Python 2.6 is the minimal requirement.
1018 * Converted to using zc.buildout as the build infrastructure. See
1019 docs/ALPHA.txt for details.
1020 <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout/1.1.1>
1023 3.0 alpha 1 -- "Leave That Thing Alone"
1024 =======================================
1027 User visible changes
1028 --------------------
1030 * So called 'new style' subject prefixing is the default now, and the only
1031 option. When a list's subject prefix is added, it's always done so before
1032 any Re: tag, not after. E.g. '[My List] Re: The subject'.
1033 * RFC 2369 headers List-Subscribe and List-Unsubscribe now use the preferred
1034 -join and -leave addresses instead of the -request address with a subject
1040 * There is no more separate configure; make; make install step. Mailman 3.0
1041 is a setuptools package.
1042 * Mailman can now be configured via a 'mailman.cfg' file which lives in
1043 $VAR_PREFIX/etc. This is used to separate the configuration from the
1044 source directory. Alternative configuration files can be specified via
1045 -C/--config for most command line scripts. mailman.cfg contains Python
1046 code. mm_cfg.py is no more. You do not need to import Defaults.py in
1047 etc/mailman.cfg. You should still consult Defaults.py for the list of site
1048 configuration variables available to you.
1050 See the etc/mailman.cfg.sample file.
1051 * PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL and DEFAULT_SUBJECT_PREFIX now takes $-string
1052 substitutions instead of %-string substitutions. See documentation in
1053 Defaults.py.in for details.
1054 * Message headers and footers now only accept $-string substitutions;
1055 %-strings are no longer supported. The substitution variable
1056 '_internal_name' has been removed; use $list_name or $real_name
1057 instead. The substitution variable $fqdn_listname has been added.
1058 DEFAULT_MSG_FOOTER in Defaults.py.in has been updated accordingly.
1059 * The KNOWN_SPAMMERS global variable is replaced with HEADER_MATCHES. The
1060 mailing list's header_filter_rules variable is replaced with header_matches
1061 which has the same semantics as HEADER_MATCHES, but is list-specific.
1062 * DEFAULT_MAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES -> EMAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES
1063 * All SMTP_LOG_* templates use $-strings and all consistently write the
1064 Message-ID as the first item in the log entry.
1065 * DELIVERY_MODULE now names a handler, not a module (yes, this is a
1066 misnomer, but it will likely change again before the final release).
1071 * Internally, all strings are Unicodes.
1072 * Implementation of a chain-of-rules based approach for deciding whether a
1073 message should initially be accepted, held for approval, rejected/bounced,
1074 or discarded. This replaces most of the disposition handlers in the
1075 pipeline. The IncomingRunner now only processes message through the rule
1076 chains, and once accepted, places the message in a new queue processed by
1078 * Substantially reworked the entire queue runner process management,
1079 including mailmanctl, a new master script, and the qrunners. This should
1080 be much more robust and reliable now.
1081 * The Storm ORM is used for data storage, with the SQLite backend as the
1082 default relational database.
1083 * Zope interfaces are used to describe the major components.
1084 * Users are now stored in a unified database, and shared across all mailing
1086 * Mailman's web interface is now WSGI compliant. WSGI is a Python standard
1087 (PEP 333) allowing web applications to be (more) easily integrated with any
1088 number of existing Python web application frameworks. For more information
1091 http://www.wsgi.org/wsgi
1092 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/
1094 Mailman can still be run as a traditional CGI program of course.
1095 * Mailman now provides an LMTP server for more efficient integration with
1096 supporting mail servers (e.g. Postfix, Sendmail). The Local Mail Transport
1097 Protocol is defined in RFC 2033:
1099 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2033.html
1100 * Virtual domains are now fully supported in that mailing lists of the same
1101 name can exist in more than one domain. This is accomplished by renaming
1102 the lists/ and archives/ subdirectories after the list's posting address.
1103 For example, data for list foo in example.com and list foo in example.org
1104 will be stored in lists/foo@example.com and lists/foo@example.org.
1106 For Postfix or manual MTA users, you will need to regenerate your mail
1107 aliases. Use bin/genaliases.
1109 VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW has been removed, effectively Mailman now operates
1110 as if it were always enabled. If your site has more than one domain,
1111 you must configure all domains by using add_domain() in your
1112 etc/mailman.cfg flie (see below -- add_virtual() has been removed).
1113 * If you had customizations based on Site.py, you will need to re-implement
1114 them. Site.py has been removed.
1115 * The site list is no more. You can remove your 'mailman' site list unless
1116 you want to retain it for other purposes, but it is no longer used (or
1117 required) by Mailman. You should set NO_REPLY_ADDRESS to an address that
1118 throws away replies, and you should set SITE_OWNER_ADDRESS to an email
1119 address that reaches the person ultimately responsible for the Mailman
1120 installation. The MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable has been removed.
1121 * qrunners no longer restart on SIGINT; SIGUSR1 is used for that now.
1123 Internationalization Big Changes
1124 --------------------------------
1126 * Translators should work only on messages/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po.
1127 Templates files are generated from mailman.po during the build process.
1132 * Confirmed member change of address is logged in the 'subscribe' log, and if
1133 admin_notify_mchanges is true, a notice is sent to the list owner using a
1134 new adminaddrchgack.txt template.
1135 * There is a new list attribute 'subscribe_auto_approval' which is a list of
1136 email addresses and regular expressions matching email addresses whose
1137 subscriptions are exempt from admin approval. RFE 403066.
1139 Command line scripts
1140 --------------------
1142 * Most scripts have grown a -C/--config flag to allow you to specify a
1143 different configuration file. Without this, the default etc/mailman.cfg
1145 * the -V/--virtual-host-overview switch in list_lists has been removed, while
1146 -d/--domain and -f/--full have been added.
1147 * bin/newlist is renamed bin/create_list and bin/rmlist is renamed
1148 bin/remove_list. Both take fully-qualified list names now (i.e. the list's
1149 posting address), but also accept short names, in which case the default
1150 domain is used. newlist's -u/--urlhost and -e/--emailhost switches have
1151 been removed. The domain that the list is being added to must already
1153 * Backport the ability to specify additional footer interpolation variables
1154 by the message metadata 'decoration-data' key.
1156 Bug fixes and other patches
1157 ---------------------------
1159 * Removal of DomainKey/DKIM signatures is now controlled by Defaults.py
1160 mm_cfg.py variable REMOVE_DKIM_HEADERS (default = No).
1161 * Queue runner processing is improved to log and preserve for analysis in the
1162 shunt queue certain bad queue entries that were previously logged but lost.
1163 Also, entries are preserved when an attempt to shunt throws an exception
1165 * The processing of Topics regular expressions has changed. Previously the
1166 Topics regexp was compiled in verbose mode but not documented as such which
1167 caused some confusion. Also, the documentation indicated that topic
1168 keywords could be entered one per line, but these entries were not handled
1169 properly. Topics regexps are now compiled in non-verbose mode and multi-
1170 line entries are 'ored'. Existing Topics regexps will be converted when
1171 the list is updated so they will continue to work.
1172 * The List-Help, List-Subscribe, and List-Unsubscribe headers were
1173 incorrectly suppressed in messages that Mailman sends directly to users.
1174 * The 'adminapproved' metadata key is renamed 'moderator_approved'.