Re: Questions about the python3 version of TMDA

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I really tried to get TMDA working with python3 but eventually I gave up=20
and decided to just stick with python2. Admittedly, my python skills are=20
poor, and I didn't want to spend more hours trying to get it to work.

Hopefully you'll make better progress than I did!

Chris

On Wed, 1 Jun 2022, Hippo Man wrote:
> I have done a "git clone" of the python3 version of TMDA from here:
> https://github.com/cedric-dufour/tmda.git
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> And I have done a "python3 setup.py install".
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> I see that it created a TMDA directory tree under /opt/local/share/tmda
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> In the cloned git directory, there is also a "debian" subdirectory, and s=
ince
> I am running under Debian-11, I want to install that debian-specific code=
=2E
> However, this debian code was not installed anywhere after my run of
> "python3 setup.py install", and I could not find any instructions for how
> to install that debian code.
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> Futhermore, in the documentation that came with this TMDA version,
> there are a few references to http://wiki.tmda.net, but that web site
> no longer exists.
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> Is there any place where I could find instructions for how to do a full,
> complete TMDA install of this python3 version on my Debian host?
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> Thanks in advance for any pointers and help!
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> --
> [email protected]
> =A0Take a hippopotamus to lunch today.
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> On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 10:14 AM Hippo Man <[email protected]> wrote:
>       Thank you very much.
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> And I'm glad to see that this mailing list is actually still alive!
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> Also, I went to your github site, and see that there are links there for =
two
> Python3 forks. TMDA is the only Python2 code on my server, and I very
> much want to get rid of Python2 completely. I'm going to check out both o=
f
> those Python3 TMDA forks, and I'm happy that they exist.
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> --
> [email protected]
> =A0Take a hippopotamus to lunch today.
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> On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 1:17 AM Chris Caputo <[email protected]> wrote:
>       Nice work!
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>       BTW, I maintain https://github.com/ccaputo/TMDAretro in case anyone=
 has
>       trouble installing TMDA these days.
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>       Chris
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>       On Tue, 31 May 2022, Hippo Man wrote:
>       > I figured out the answer to my question.
>       >
>       > In case anyone might come to this mailing list some
>       > day and wants to know how I solved my problem, here
>       > is how I did so ...
>       >
>       > I can implement item #2 in my list below by means of
>       > an "incoming" filter. I created a "holdlist" file to contain
>       > match patterns for the set of addresses that I want to
>       > automatically put into a pending state, and I put the
>       > following rule into my incoming filter ...
>       >
>       > from-file ~/.tmda/lists/holdlist hold
>       >
>       > Now, I have succcessfully implemented all three items
>       > in my list.
>       > --
>       > [email protected]
>       > =A0Take a hippopotamus to lunch today.
>       >
>       >
>       > On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 7:51 PM Hippo Man <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>       >=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I've been using TMDA for something like 15 years, a=
nd I am still
>       > getting lots of benefit from it and am still very happy with it.
>       >
>       > If there is anyone who is actually reading this email list these =
days,
>       > I have a question about the use of TMDA.
>       >
>       > My question is this: I want to set up the following filtering rul=
es ...
>       >
>       > (1) If the sender's email address is on a very small list (less t=
han a
>       > dozen entries), I'd like the sender to be blacklisted.
>       >
>       > (2) if the sender's email address is on a very small list (less t=
han a
>       > dozen entries), I'd like the email to be held in the pending queu=
e.
>       >
>       > (3) If any email arrives whose sender address is not in either of=
 those
>       > two small lists, I'd like it to be delivered.
>       >
>       > If all I had to deal with were item 1 and item 3, I could set ACT=
ION_INCOMING
>       > to "ok" and simply put the unwanted sender addresses into a black=
list file.
>       >
>       > However, I don't know how to also handle item 2 along with items =
1 and 3.
>       > Is what I want to do even possible with TMDA?
>       >
>       > If anyone is actually reading this email list and can answer my q=
uestion,
>       > I will be greatly appreciative!
>       >
>       > --
>       > [email protected]
>       > =A0Take a hippopotamus to lunch today.
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