On 9/17/20 1:59 PM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote:
I am in no way a programmer - but as I understand it, Python 2 can live
alongside Python 3 without any problems.
The EOL declaration for Python 2 does NOT mean that Python 2 will stop working
on the date the publishers announced. There will just be no improvements. And
as long as there are no obvious security holes in Python 2, it is absolutely
not necessary to retire it on any machine.
I am administering some mailing lists which run on MM2 / cPanel, and they work.
I have no access to that machine other than via cPanel, and it is in most cases
sufficient. The question of Python 2 yes or no is up to the provider.
If you absolutely want to get rid of Python 2, either use Mailman 3, or another
mailing list manager.
There are some other mailing list managers available - some for free, some for money. I can
propose 2 of them here, you mey find others which may work for you. I am also operating some
mailing lists privately, they don’t use Mailman. They use CommuniGate Pro in the
"community edition" (free version with limited number of mail and other users, but
unlimited number of mailing lists and mailing list subscribers). This runs on an older Mac mini
in my basement - CGPro is also available for Windows, Linux, etc.
-<https://communigate.com/>
And there is Sympa, a mailing list manager created by people from French universities,
see<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympa> and<https://www.sympa.org/>
Christian
I am sure Christian also meant to include me in their list of other
choices: https://harmonylists.com. At least I still offer Mailman 3
howbeit as a SaaS provider and not encourage a fellow mailman user on a
mailman user list to move away from using mailman.
--
Brian Carpenter
Harmonylists.com
Emwd.com
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