Mailman 3 SaaS

What are Mailman 3 user types?

There are three types of users, separated by the component they belong to:

Mailman Core user

This is the primary type of user created through self-subscribe or mass-subscribe operations. This user is managed by the Mailman Core. There are a few subtypes of those users, defined per list: ordinary, moderator, and owner users.

Mailman Core users can be viewed in the “Users” menu, which is presented to the server’s superusers (see below).

There is no auto-sync of Mailman users to Django users.

Spam Mailman Core users are being cleaned up by the system after three days if no email confirmation is received.

Postorius/Hyperkitty Django user

They are separate users created in Django applications - Postorius/Hyperkitty. To create the user, one must sign up into Postorius and set up their password. (Sign-up is still required even if the relevant Mailman Core user already exists.)

A Django user is required to gain access to a private mailing list archive and to update Mailman Core user preferences.

Django users can be viewed in the Django admin interface:
https://mailman.server.tld/admin/auth/user/

Django users are synced automatically to the Mailman core.

Spam Django users can be cleaned up via a request to Support.

Postorius/Hyperkitty superuser and Django Admin user

Those are users with admin power in the Django system. There is an “admin” user added by default on the server creation with the server’s admin email.

Admins can be added by other admins via the Django admin interface:
https://mailman.server.tld/admin/auth/user/

The “superuser” status means the Postorius superuser, while the “staff” status means the Django Admin. (The latter allows accessing the Django admin UI.)