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Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.


3.0 beta 2 -- "Freeze"
======================
(20XX-XX-XX)

Architecture
------------
 * `passlib`_ is now used for all password hashing instead of flufl.password.
   The default hash is `sha512_crypt`.  (LP: #1015758)
 * Internally, all datetimes are kept in the UTC timezone, however because of
   LP: #280708, they are stored in the database in naive format.
 * `received_time` is now added to the message metadata by the LMTP runner
   instead of by `Switchboard.enqueue()`.  This latter no longer depends on
   `received_time` in the metadata.
 * The `ArchiveRunner` no longer acquires a lock before it calls the
   individual archiver implementations, since not all of them need a lock.  If
   they do, the implementations must acquire said lock themselves.
 * The `news` runner and queue has been renamed to the more accurate `nntp`.
   The runner has also been ported to Mailman 3 (LP: #967409).  Beta testers
   can can safely remove `$var_dir/queue/news`.
 * A mailing list's *moderator password* is no longer stored in the clear; it
   is hashed with the currently selected scheme.
 * An `AddressVerificationEvent` is triggered when an `IAddress` is verified
   or unverified.  (LP: #975698)
 * A `PasswordChangeEvent` is triggered when an `IUser`'s password changes.
   (LP: #975700)
 * When a queue runner gets an exception in its _dispose() method, a
   `RunnerCrashEvent` is triggered, which contains references to the queue
   runner, mailing list, message, metadata, and exception.  Interested parties
   can subscribe to that `zope.event` for notification.
 * Events renamed and moved:
   * `mailman.chains.accept.AcceptNotification`
   * `mailman.chains.base.ChainNotification`
   * `mailman.chains.discard.DiscardNotification`
   * `mailman.chains.hold.HoldNotification`
   * `mailman.chains.owner.OwnerNotification`
   * `mailman.chains.reject.RejectNotification`
   changed to (respectively):
   * `mailman.interfaces.chains.AcceptEvent`
   * `mailman.interfaces.chains.ChainEvent`
   * `mailman.interfaces.chains.DiscardEvent`
   * `mailman.interfaces.chains.HoldEvent`
   * `mailman.interfaces.chains.AcceptOwnerEvent`
   * `mailman.interfaces.chains.RejectEvent`
 * A `ConfigurationUpdatedEvent` is triggered when the system-wide global
   configuration stack is pushed or popped.
 * The policy for archiving has now been collapsed into a single enum, called
   ArchivePolicy.  This describes the three states of never archive, archive
   privately, and archive_publicly. (LP: #967238)

Database
--------
 * Schema migrations (LP: #971013)
   - include_list_post_header -> allow_list_posts
   - news_prefix_subject_too  -> nntp_prefix_subject_too
   - news_moderation          -> newsgroup_moderation
   - archive and archive_private have been collapsed into archive_policy.
   - nntp_host has been removed.
   - generic_nonmember_action has been removed (LP: #975696)
 * The PostgreSQL port of the schema accidentally added a moderation_callback
   column to the mailinglist table.  Since this is unused in Mailman, it was
   simply commented out of the base schema for PostgreSQL.

REST
----
 * Expose `archive_policy` in the REST API.  Contributed by Alexander
   Sulfrian.  (LP: #1039129)

Configuration
-------------
 * New configuration variables `clobber_date` and `clobber_skew` supported in
   every `[archiver.<name>]` section.  These are used to determine under what
   circumstances a message destined for a specific archiver should have its
   `Date:` header clobbered.  (LP: #963612)
 * With the switch to `passlib`_, `[passwords]password_scheme` has been
   removed.  Instead use `[passwords]path` to specify where to find the
   `passlib.cfg` file.  See the comments in `schema.cfg` for details.
 * Configuration schema variable changes:
   * [nntp]username -> [nntp]user
   * [nntp]port (added)
 * Header check specifications in the `mailman.cfg` file have changed quite
   bit.  The previous `[spam.header.foo]` sections have been removed.
   Instead, there's a new `[antispam]` section that contains a `header_checks`
   variable.  This variable takes multiple lines of `Header: regexp` values,
   one per line.  There is also a new `jump_chain` variable which names the
   chain to jump to should any of the header checks (including the
   list-specific, and programmatically added ones) match.

Documentation
-------------
 * Some additional documentation on related components such as Postorius and
   hyperkitty have been added, given by Stephen J Turnbull.

Bug fixes
---------
 * Fixed a UnicodeError with non-ascii message bodies in the `approved` rule,
   given by Mark Sapiro. (LP: #949924)
 * Fixed a typo when returning the configuration file's header match checks.
   (LP: #953497)
 * List-Post should be NO when posting is not allowed. (LP: #987563)
 * Non-unicode values in msgdata broke pending requests. (LP: #1031391)
 * Show devmode in `bin/mailman info` output. (LP: #1035028)
 * Fix residual references to the old `IMailingList` archive variables.
   (LP: #1031393)

.. _`passlib`: http://packages.python.org/passlib/index.html


3.0 beta 1 -- "The Twilight Zone"
=================================
(2012-03-23)

Architecture
------------
 * Schema migrations have been implemented.
 * Implement the style manager as a utility instead of an attribute hanging
   off the `mailman.config.config` object.
 * PostgreSQL support contributed by Stephen A. Goss. (LP: #860159)
 * Separate out the RFC 2369 header adding handler.
 * Dynamically calculate the `List-Id` header instead of storing it in the
   database.  This means it cannot be changed.
 * Major redesign of the template search system, fixing LP: #788309.  $var_dir
   is now used when search for all template overrides, site, domain, or
   mailing list.  The in-tree English templates are used only as a last
   fallback.
 * Support downloading templates by URI, including mailman:// URIs.  This is
   used in welcome and goodbye messages, as well as regular and digest headers
   and footers, and supports both language and mailing list specifications.
   E.g. mailman:///test@example.com/it/welcome.txt
 * $user_password is no longer supported as a placeholder in headers and
   footers.
 * Mailing lists get multiple chains and pipelines.  For example, normal
   postings go through the `posting_chain` while messages to owners to through
   `owners_chain`.  The default `built-in` chain is renamed to
   `default-posting-chain` while the `built-in` pipeline is renamed
   `default-posting-pipeline`.
 * The experimental `maildir` runner is removed.  Use LMTP.
 * The LMTP server now requires that the incoming message have a `Message-ID`,
   otherwise it rejects the message with a 550 error.  Also, the LMTP server
   adds the `X-Message-ID-Hash` header automatically.  The `inject` cli
   command will also add the `X-Message-ID-Hash` header, but it will craft a
   `Message-ID` header first if one is missing from the injected text.  Also,
   `inject` will always set the correct value for the `original_size`
   attribute on the message object, instead of trusting a possibly incorrect
   value if it's already set.  The individual `IArchiver` implementations no
   longer set the `X-Message-ID-Hash` header.
 * The Prototype archiver now stores its files in maildir format inside of
   `$var_dir/archives/prototype`, given by Toshio Kuratomi.
 * Improved "8 mile high" document distilled by Stephen J Turnbull from the
   Pycon 2012 Mailman 3 sprint.  Also improvements to the Sphinx build given
   by Andrea Crotti (LP: #954718).
 * Pipermail has been eradicated.
 * Configuration variable `[mailman]filtered_messages_are_preservable`
   controls whether messages which have their top-level `Content-Type`
   filtered out can be preserved in the `bad` queue by list owners.
 * Configuration section `[scrubber]` removed, as is the scrubber handler.
   This handler was essentially incompatible with Mailman 3 since it required
   coordination with Pipermail to store attachments on disk.

Database
--------
 * Schema changes:
   - welcome_msg      -> welcome_message_uri
   - goodbye_msg      -> goodbye_message_uri
   - send_welcome_msg -> send_welcome_message
   - send_goodbye_msg -> send_goodbye_message
   - msg_header       -> header_uri
   - msg_footer       -> footer_uri
   - digest_header    -> digest_header_uri
   - digest_footer    -> digest_footer_uri
   - start_chain      -> posting_chain
   - pipeline         -> posting_pipeline
   - real_name        -> display_name (mailinglist, user, address)
 * Schema additions:
   - mailinglist.filter_action
   - mailinglist.owner_chain
   - mailinglist.owner_pipeline

REST
----
 * Held messages can now be moderated through the REST API.  Mailing list
   resources now accept a `held` path component.  GETing this returns all held
   messages for the mailing list.  POSTing to a specific request id under this
   url can dispose of the message using `Action` enums.
 * Mailing list resources now have a `member_count` attribute which gives the
   number of subscribed members.  Given by Toshio Kuratomi.

Interfaces
----------
 * Add property `IUserManager.members` to return all `IMembers` in the system.
 * Add property `IListmanager.name_components` which returns 2-tuples for
   every mailing list as (list_name, mail_host).
 * Remove previously deprecated `IListManager.get_mailing_lists()`.
 * `IMailTransportAgentAliases` now explicitly accepts duck-typed arguments.
 * `IRequests` interface is removed.  Now just use adaptation from
   `IListRequests` directly (which takes an `IMailingList` object).
 * `handle_message()` now allows for `Action.hold` which is synonymous with
   `Action.defer` (since the message is already being held).
 * `IListRequests.get_request()` now takes an optional `request_type`
   argument to narrow the search for the given request.
 * New `ITemplateLoader` utility.
 * `ILanguageManager.add()` returns the `ILanguage` object just created.
 * `IMailinglist.decorators` removed; it was unused
 * `IMailingList.real_name` -> `IMailingList.display_name`
 * `IUser.real_name` -> `IUser.display_name`
 * `IAddress.real_name` -> `IAddress.display_name`
 * Add property `IRoster.member_count`.

Commands
--------
 * IPython support in `bin/mailman shell` contributed by Andrea Crotti.
   (LP: #949926).
 * The `mailman.cfg` configuration file will now automatically be detected if
   it exists in an `etc` directory which is a sibling of argv0.
 * `bin/mailman shell` is an alias for `withlist`.
 * The `confirm` email command now properly handles `Re:`-like prefixes, even
   if they contain non-ASCII characters.  (LP: #685261)
 * The `join` email command no longer accepts an `address=` argument.  Its
   `digest=` argument now accepts the following values: `no` (for regular
   delivery), `mime`, or `plain`.
 * Added a `help` email command.
 * A welcome message is sent when the user confirms their subscription via
   email.
 * Global ``-C`` option now accepts an absolute path to the configuration
   file.  Given by Andrea Crotti.  (LP: #953707)

Bug fixes
---------
 * Subscription disabled probe warning notification messages are now sent
   without a `Precedence:` header.  Given by Mark Sapiro. (LP: #808821)
 * Fixed KeyError in retry runner, contributed by Stephen A. Goss.
   (LP: #872391)
 * Fixed bogus use of `bounce_processing` attribute (should have been
   `process_bounces`, with thanks to Vincent Fretin.  (LP: #876774)
 * Fix `test_moderation` for timezones east of UTC+0000, given by blacktav.
   (LP: #890675)


3.0 alpha 8 -- "Where's My Thing?"
==================================
(2011-09-23)

Architecture
------------
 * Factor out bounce detection to `flufl.bounce`.
 * Unrecognized bounces can now also be forwarded to the site owner.
 * mailman.qrunner log is renamed to mailman.runner
 * master-qrunner.lck -> master.lck
 * master-qrunner.pid -> master.pid
 * Four new events are created, and notifications are sent during mailing list
   lifecycle changes:
   - ListCreatingEvent - sent before the mailing list is created
   - ListCreatedEvent  - sent after the mailing list is created
   - ListDeletingEvent - sent before the mailing list is deleted
   - ListDeletedEvent  - sent after the mailing list is deleted
 * Four new events are created, and notifications are sent during domain
   lifecycle changes:
   - DomainCreatingEvent - sent before the domain is created
   - DomainCreatedEvent  - sent after the domain is created
   - DomainDeletingEvent - sent before the domain is deleted
   - DomainDeletedEvent  - sent after the domain is deleted
 * Using the above events, when a domain is deleted, associated mailing lists
   are deleted.  (LP: #837526)
 * IDomain.email_host -> .mail_host (LP: #831660)
 * User and Member ids are now proper UUIDs.
 * Improved the way enums are stored in the database, so that they are more
   explicitly expressed in the code, and more database efficient.

REST
----
 * Preferences for addresses, users, and members can be accessed, changed, and
   deleted through the REST interface.  Hierarchical, combined preferences for
   members, and system preferences can be read through the REST interface.
   (LP: #821438)
 * The IMailingList attribute ``host_name`` has been renamed to ``mail_host``
   for consistency.  This changes the REST API for mailing list
   resources. (LP: #787599)
 * New REST resource http://.../members/find can be POSTed to in order to find
   member records.  Optional arguments are `subscriber` (email address to
   search for), `fqdn_listname`, and `role` (i.e. MemberRole).  (LP: #799612)
 * You can now query or change a member's `delivery_mode` attribute through
   the REST API (LP: #833132).  Given by Stephen A. Goss.
 * New REST resource http://.../<domain>/lists can be GETed in order to find
   all the mailing lists in a specific domain (LP: #829765).  Given by
   Stephen A. Goss.
 * Fixed /lists/<fqdn_listname>/<role>/<email> (LP: #825570)
 * Remove role plurals from /lists/<fqdn_listname/rosters/<role>
 * Fixed incorrect error code for /members/<bogus> (LP: #821020).  Given by
   Stephen A. Goss.
 * DELETE users via the REST API.  (LP: #820660)
 * Moderators and owners can be added via REST (LP: #834130).  Given by
   Stephen A. Goss.
 * Getting the roster or configuration of a nonexistent list did not give a
   404 error (LP: #837676).  Given by Stephen A. Goss.
 * PATCHing an invalid attribute on a member did not give a 400 error
   (LP: #833376).  Given by Stephen A. Goss.
 * Getting the memberships for a non-existent address did not give a 404 error
   (LP: #848103).  Given by Stephen A. Goss.

Commands
--------
 * `bin/qrunner` is renamed to `bin/runner`.
 * `bin/mailman aliases` gains `-f` and `-s` options.
 * `bin/mailman create` no longer allows a list to be created with bogus owner
   addresses.  (LP: #778687)
 * `bin/mailman start --force` option is fixed.  (LP: #869317)

Documentation
-------------
 * Update the COPYING file to contain the GPLv3.  (LP: #790994)
 * Major terminology change: ban the terms "queue runners" and "qrunners" since
   not all runners manage queue directories.  Just call them "runners".  Also,
   the master is now just called "the master runner".

Testing
-------
 * New configuration variable in [devmode] section, called `wait` which sets
   the timeout value used in the test suite for starting up subprocesses.
 * Handle SIGTERM in the REST server so that the test suite always shuts down
   correctly.  (LP: #770328)

Other bugs and changes
----------------------
 * Moderating a message with Action.accept now sends the message. (LP: #827697)
 * Fix AttributeError triggered by i18n call in autorespond_to_sender()
   (LP: #827060)
 * Local timezone in X-Mailman-Approved-At caused test failure. (LP: #832404)
 * InvalidEmailAddressError no longer repr()'s its value.
 * Rewrote a test for compatibility between Python 2.6 and 2.7. (LP: #833208)
 * Fixed Postfix alias file generation when more than one mailing list
   exists.  (LP: #874929).  Given by Vincent Fretin.


3.0 alpha 7 -- "Mission"
========================
(2011-04-29)

Architecture
------------
 * Significant updates to the subscription model.  Members can now subscribe
   with a preferred address, and changes to that will be immediately reflected
   in mailing list subscriptions.  Users who subscribe with an explicit
   address can easily change to a different address, as long as that address
   is verified.  (LP: #643949)
 * IUsers and IMembers are now assigned a unique, random, immutable id.
 * IUsers now have created_on and .preferred_address properties.
 * IMembers now have a .user attribute for easy access to the subscribed user.
 * When created with add_member(), passwords are always stored encrypted.
 * In all interfaces, "email" refers to the textual email address while
   "address" refers to the `IAddress` object.
 * mailman.chains.base.Chain no longer self registers.
 * New member and nonmember moderation rules and chains.  This effectively
   ports moderation rules from Mailman 2 and replaces attributes such as
   member_moderation_action, default_member_moderation, and
   generic_nonmember_action.  Now, nonmembers exist as subscriptions on a
   mailing list and members have a moderation_action attribute which describes
   the disposition for postings from that address.
 * Member.is_moderated was removed because of the above change.
 * default_member_action and default_nonmember_action were added to mailing
   lists.
 * All sender addresses are registered (unverified) with the user manager by
   the incoming queue runner.  This way, nonmember moderation rules will
   always have an IAddress that they can subscribe to the list (as
   MemberRole.nonmember).
 * Support for SMTP AUTH added via smtp_user and smtp_pass configuration
   variables in the [mta] section.  (LP: #490044)
 * IEmailValidator interface for pluggable validation of email addresses.
 * .subscribe() is moved from the IAddress to the IMailingList
 * IAddresses get their registered_on attribute set when the object is created.

Configuration
-------------
 * [devmode] section gets a new 'testing' variable.
 * Added password_scheme and password_length settings  for defining the
   default password encryption scheme.
 * creator_pw_file and site_pw_file are removed.

Commands
--------
 * 'bin/mailman start' does a better job of producing an error when Mailman is
   already running.
 * 'bin/mailman status' added for providing command line status on the master
   queue runner watcher process.
 * 'bin/mailman info' now prints the REST root url and credentials.
 * mmsitepass removed; there is no more site password.

REST
----
 * Add Basic Auth support for REST API security.  (Jimmy Bergman)
 * Include the fqdn_listname and email address in the member JSON
   representation.
 * Added reply_goes_to_list, send_welcome_msg, welcome_msg,
   default_member_moderation to the mailing list's writable attributes in the
   REST service.  (Jimmy Bergman)
 * Expose the new membership model to the REST API.  Canonical member resource
   URLs are now much shorter and live in their own top-level namespace instead
   of within the mailing list's namespace.
 * /addresses/<email>/memberships gets all the memberships for a given email
   address.
 * /users is a new top-level URL under which user information can be
   accessed.  Posting to this creates new users.
 * Users can subscribe to mailing lists through the REST API.
 * Domains can be deleted via the REST API.
 * PUT and PATCH to a list configuration now returns a 204 (No Content).

Build
-----
 * Support Python 2.7. (LP: #667472)
 * Disable site-packages in buildout.cfg because of LP: #659231.
 * Don't include eggs/ or parts/ in the source tarball. (LP: #656946)
 * flufl.lock is now required instead of locknix.

Bugs fixed
----------
 * Typo in scan_message(). (LP: #645897)
 * Typo in add_member().  (LP: #710182) (Florian Fuchs)
 * Re-enable bounce detectors. (LP: #756943)
 * Clean up many pyflakes problems; ditching pylint.


3.0 alpha 6 -- "Cut to the Chase"
=================================
(2010-09-20)

Commands
--------
 * The functionality of 'bin/list_members' has been moved to
   'bin/mailman members'.
 * 'bin/mailman info' -v/--verbose output displays the file system
   layout paths Mailman is currently configured to use.

Configuration
-------------
 * You can now configure the paths Mailman uses for queue files, lock files,
   data files, etc. via the configuration file.  Define a file system 'layout'
   and then select that layout in the [mailman] section.  Default layouts
   include 'local' for putting everything in /var/tmp/mailman, 'dev' for local
   development, and 'fhs' for Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 2.3 (LP #490144).
 * Queue file directories now live in $var_dir/queues.

REST
----
 * lazr.restful has been replaced by restish as the REST publishing technology
   used by Mailman.
 * New REST API for getting all the members of a roster for a specific mailing
   list.
 * New REST API for getting and setting a mailing list's configuration.  GET
   and PUT are supported to retrieve the current configuration, and set all
   the list's writable attributes in one request.  PATCH is supported to
   partially update a mailing list's configuration.  Individual options can be
   set and retrieved by using subpaths.
 * Subscribing an already subscribed member via REST now returns a 409 HTTP
   error.  LP: #552917
 * Fixed a bug when deleting a list via the REST API.  LP: #601899

Architecture
------------
 * X-BeenThere header is removed.
 * Mailman no longer touches the Sender or Errors-To headers.
 * Chain actions can now fire Zope events in their _process()
   implementations.
 * Environment variable $MAILMAN_VAR_DIR can be used to control the var/
   directory for Mailman's runtime files.  New environment variable
   $MAILMAN_UNDER_MASTER_CONTROL is used instead of the qrunner's --subproc/-s
   option.

Miscellaneous
-------------
 * Allow X-Approved and X-Approve headers, equivalent to Approved and
   Approve. LP: #557750
 * Various test failure fixes.  LP: #543618, LP: #544477
 * List-Post header is retained in MIME digest messages.  LP: #526143
 * Importing from a Mailman 2.1.x list is partially supported.


3.0 alpha 5 -- "Distant Early Warning"
======================================
(2010-01-18)

REST
----
 * Add REST API for subscription services.  You can now:

   - list all members in all mailing lists
   - subscribe (and possibly register) an address to a mailing list
   - unsubscribe an address from mailing list

Commands
--------
 * 'bin/dumpdb' is now 'bin/mailman qfile'
 * 'bin/unshunt' is now 'bin/mailman unshunt'
 * Mailman now properly handles the '-join', '-leave', and '-confirm' email
   commands and sub-addresses.  '-subscribe' and '-unsubscribe' are aliases
   for '-join' and '-leave' respectively.

Configuration
-------------
 * devmode settings now live in their own [devmode] section.
 * Mailman now searches for a configuration file using this search order.  The
   first file that exists is used.

   - -C config command line argument
   - $MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE environment variable
   - ./mailman.cfg
   - ~/.mailman.cfg
   - /etc/mailman.cfg


3.0 alpha 4 -- "Vital Signs"
============================
(2009-11-28)

Commands
--------
 * 'bin/inject' is now 'bin/mailman inject', with some changes
 * 'bin/mailmanctl' is now 'bin/mailman start|stop|reopen|restart'
 * 'bin/mailman version' is added (output same as 'bin/mailman --version')
 * 'bin/mailman members' command line arguments have changed.  It also
   now ignores blank lines and lines that start with #.  It also no longer
   quits when it sees an address that's already subscribed.
 * 'bin/withlist' is now 'bin/mailman withlist', and its command line
   arguments have changed.
 * 'bin/mailman lists' command line arguments have changed.
 * 'bin/genaliases' is now 'bin/mailman aliases'

Architecture
------------
 * A near complete rewrite of the low-level SMTP delivery machinery.  This
   greatly improves readability, testability, reuse and extensibility.  Almost
   all the old functionality has been retained.  The smtp_direct.py handler is
   gone.
 * Refactor model objects into the mailman.model subpackage.
 * Refactor most of the i18n infrastructure into a separate flufl.i18n package.
 * Switch from setuptools to distribute.
 * Remove the dependency on setuptools_bzr
 * Do not create the .mo files during setup.

Configuration
-------------
 * All log files now have a '.log' suffix by default.
 * The substitution placeholders in the verp_format configuration variable
   have been renamed.
 * Add a devmode configuration variable that changes some basic behavior.
   Most importantly, it allows you to set a low-level SMTP recipient for all
   mail for testing purposes.  See also devmode_recipient.


3.0 alpha 3 -- "Working Man"
============================
(2009-08-21)

Configuration
-------------
 * Configuration is now done through lazr.config.  Defaults.py is
   dead.  lazr.config files are essentially hierarchical ini files.
 * Domains are now stored in the database instead of in the configuration file.
 * pre- and post- initialization hooks are now available to plugins.  Specify
   additional hooks to run in the configuration file.
 * Add the environment variable $MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE which overrides the -C
   command line option.
 * Make LMTP more compliant with Postfix docs (Patrick Koetter)
 * Added a NullMTA for mail servers like Exim which just work automatically.

Architecture
------------
 * 'bin/mailman' is a new super-command for managing Mailman from the command
   line.  Some older bin scripts have been converted, with more to come.
 * Mailman now has an administrative REST interface which can be used to get
   information from and manage Mailman remotely.
 * Back port of Mailman 2.1's limit on .bak file restoration.  After 3
   restores, the file is moved to the bad queue, with a .psv extension. (Mark
   Sapiro)
 * Digest creation is moved into a new queue runner so it doesn't block main
   message processing.

Other changes
-------------
 * bin/make_instance is no longer necessary, and removed
 * The debug log is turned up to info by default to reduce log file spam.

Building and installation
-------------------------
 * All doc tests can now be turned into documentation, via Sphinx.  Just run
   bin/docs after bin/buildout.


3.0 alpha 2 -- "Grand Designs"
==============================
(03-Jan-2009)

Licensing
---------

 * Mailman 3 is now licensed under the GPLv3.

Bug fixes
---------

 * Changed bin/arch to attempt to open the mbox before wiping the old
   archive. Launchpad bug #280418.

 * Added digest.mbox and pending.pck to the 'list' files checked by
   check_perms. Launchpad bug #284802.

Architecture
------------

 * Converted to using zope.testing as the test infrastructure.  Use bin/test
   now to run the full test suite.
   <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.testing/3.7.1>
 * Partially converted to using lazr.config as the new configuration
   regime.  Not everything has been converted yet, so some manual editing
   of mailman/Defaults.py is required.  This will be rectified in future
   versions.  <http://launchpad.net/lazr.config>
 * All web-related stuff is moved to its own directory, effectively moving
   it out of the way for now.
 * The email command infrastructure has been reworked to play more nicely
   with the plug-in architecture.  Not all commands have yet been
   converted.

Other changes
-------------

 * The LMTP server now properly calculates the message's original size.
 * For command line scripts, -C names the configuration file to use.  For
   convenient testing, if -C is not given, then the environment variable
   MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE is consulted.
 * Support added for a local MHonArc archiver, as well as archiving
   automatically in the remote Mail-Archive.com service.
 * The permalink proposal for supporting RFC 5064 has been adopted.
 * Mailing lists no longer have a .web_page_url attribute; this is taken from
   the mailing list's domain's base_url attribute.
 * Incoming MTA selection is now taken from the config file instead of
   plugins.  An MTA for Postfix+LMTP is added.  bin/genaliases works again.
 * If a message has no Message-ID, the stock archivers will return None for
   the permalink now instead of raising an assertion.
 * IArchiver no longer has an is_enabled property; this is taken from the
   configuration file now.

Installation
------------

 * Python 2.6 is the minimal requirement.
 * Converted to using zc.buildout as the build infrastructure.  See
   docs/ALPHA.txt for details.
   <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout/1.1.1>


3.0 alpha 1 -- "Leave That Thing Alone"
=======================================
(08-Apr-2008)

User visible changes
--------------------

 * So called 'new style' subject prefixing is the default now, and the only
   option.  When a list's subject prefix is added, it's always done so before
   any Re: tag, not after.  E.g. '[My List] Re: The subject'.
 * RFC 2369 headers List-Subscribe and List-Unsubscribe now use the preferred
   -join and -leave addresses instead of the -request address with a subject
   value.

Configuration
-------------

 * There is no more separate configure; make; make install step. Mailman 3.0
   is a setuptools package.
 * Mailman can now be configured via a 'mailman.cfg' file which lives in
   $VAR_PREFIX/etc.  This is used to separate the configuration from the
   source directory.  Alternative configuration files can be specified via
   -C/--config for most command line scripts.  mailman.cfg contains Python
   code.  mm_cfg.py is no more.  You do not need to import Defaults.py in
   etc/mailman.cfg.  You should still consult Defaults.py for the list of site
   configuration variables available to you.

   See the etc/mailman.cfg.sample file.
 * PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL and DEFAULT_SUBJECT_PREFIX now takes $-string
   substitutions instead of %-string substitutions.  See documentation in
   Defaults.py.in for details.
 * Message headers and footers now only accept $-string substitutions;
   %-strings are no longer supported.  The substitution variable
   '_internal_name' has been removed; use $list_name or $real_name
   instead.  The substitution variable $fqdn_listname has been added.
   DEFAULT_MSG_FOOTER in Defaults.py.in has been updated accordingly.
 * The KNOWN_SPAMMERS global variable is replaced with HEADER_MATCHES.  The
   mailing list's header_filter_rules variable is replaced with header_matches
   which has the same semantics as HEADER_MATCHES, but is list-specific.
 * DEFAULT_MAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES -> EMAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES
 * All SMTP_LOG_* templates use $-strings and all consistently write the
   Message-ID as the first item in the log entry.
 * DELIVERY_MODULE now names a handler, not a module (yes, this is a
   misnomer, but it will likely change again before the final release).

Architecture
------------

 * Internally, all strings are Unicodes.
 * Implementation of a chain-of-rules based approach for deciding whether a
   message should initially be accepted, held for approval, rejected/bounced,
   or discarded.  This replaces most of the disposition handlers in the
   pipeline.  The IncomingRunner now only processes message through the rule
   chains, and once accepted, places the message in a new queue processed by
   the PipelineRunner.
 * Substantially reworked the entire queue runner process management,
   including mailmanctl, a new master script, and the qrunners.  This should
   be much more robust and reliable now.
 * The Storm ORM is used for data storage, with the SQLite backend as the
   default relational database.
 * Zope interfaces are used to describe the major components.
 * Users are now stored in a unified database, and shared across all mailing
   lists.
 * Mailman's web interface is now WSGI compliant.  WSGI is a Python standard
   (PEP 333) allowing web applications to be (more) easily integrated with any
   number of existing Python web application frameworks.  For more information
   see:

   http://www.wsgi.org/wsgi
   http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/

   Mailman can still be run as a traditional CGI program of course.
 * Mailman now provides an LMTP server for more efficient integration with
   supporting mail servers (e.g. Postfix, Sendmail).  The Local Mail Transport
   Protocol is defined in RFC 2033:

   http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2033.html
 * Virtual domains are now fully supported in that mailing lists of the same
   name can exist in more than one domain.  This is accomplished by renaming
   the lists/ and archives/ subdirectories after the list's posting address.
   For example, data for list foo in example.com and list foo in example.org
   will be stored in lists/foo@example.com and lists/foo@example.org.

   For Postfix or manual MTA users, you will need to regenerate your mail
   aliases.  Use bin/genaliases.

   VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW has been removed, effectively Mailman now operates
   as if it were always enabled.  If your site has more than one domain,
   you must configure all domains by using add_domain() in your
   etc/mailman.cfg flie (see below -- add_virtual() has been removed).
 * If you had customizations based on Site.py, you will need to re-implement
   them.  Site.py has been removed.
 * The site list is no more.  You can remove your 'mailman' site list unless
   you want to retain it for other purposes, but it is no longer used (or
   required) by Mailman.  You should set NO_REPLY_ADDRESS to an address that
   throws away replies, and you should set SITE_OWNER_ADDRESS to an email
   address that reaches the person ultimately responsible for the Mailman
   installation.  The MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable has been removed.
 * qrunners no longer restart on SIGINT; SIGUSR1 is used for that now.

Internationalization Big Changes
--------------------------------

 * Translators should work only on messages/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po.
   Templates files are generated from mailman.po during the build process.

New Features
------------

 * Confirmed member change of address is logged in the 'subscribe' log, and if
   admin_notify_mchanges is true, a notice is sent to the list owner using a
   new adminaddrchgack.txt template.
 * There is a new list attribute 'subscribe_auto_approval' which is a list of
   email addresses and regular expressions matching email addresses whose
   subscriptions are exempt from admin approval. RFE 403066.

Command line scripts
--------------------

 * Most scripts have grown a -C/--config flag to allow you to specify a
   different configuration file.  Without this, the default etc/mailman.cfg
   file will be used.
 * the -V/--virtual-host-overview switch in list_lists has been removed, while
   -d/--domain and -f/--full have been added.
 * bin/newlist is renamed bin/create_list and bin/rmlist is renamed
   bin/remove_list.  Both take fully-qualified list names now (i.e. the list's
   posting address), but also accept short names, in which case the default
   domain is used.  newlist's -u/--urlhost and -e/--emailhost switches have
   been removed.  The domain that the list is being added to must already
   exist.
 * Backport the ability to specify additional footer interpolation variables
   by the message metadata 'decoration-data' key.

Bug fixes and other patches
---------------------------

 * Removal of DomainKey/DKIM signatures is now controlled by Defaults.py
   mm_cfg.py variable REMOVE_DKIM_HEADERS (default = No).
 * Queue runner processing is improved to log and preserve for analysis in the
   shunt queue certain bad queue entries that were previously logged but lost.
   Also, entries are preserved when an attempt to shunt throws an exception
   (1656289).
 * The processing of Topics regular expressions has changed. Previously the
   Topics regexp was compiled in verbose mode but not documented as such which
   caused some confusion.  Also, the documentation indicated that topic
   keywords could be entered one per line, but these entries were not handled
   properly.  Topics regexps are now compiled in non-verbose mode and multi-
   line entries are 'ored'.  Existing Topics regexps will be converted when
   the list is updated so they will continue to work.
 * The List-Help, List-Subscribe, and List-Unsubscribe headers were
   incorrectly suppressed in messages that Mailman sends directly to users.
 * The 'adminapproved' metadata key is renamed 'moderator_approved'.