Mark Sapiro wrote: > Martin Hasselmann wrote: >> A former admin has setup Postfix on our servers running with virtual >> domains. As described in here http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail/ he >> configured mailman with alias-maps and virtual maps. >> >> It seems to me that this is an old way of configuring postfix. > > > You need alias_maps to tell postfix to use > /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases (and /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db). > > >> My question is: Afaik mailman does not need to work with mysql (where >> all virtual emails, mailadress owners etc. are stored in). How can I >> force postfix to lookup not only in the mysql-db, but also in >> /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases? I have no more ideas! I was pretty sure, >> that everything concerning mailman has to be added to postfix's >> main.cf-variable "virtual_maps" because there isn't another variable >> that seemed applicable for me, too. > > > See <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node13.html> and > <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/postfix-virtual.html>. You need > virtual_maps with virtual domains. You need alias_maps in any case. > > The former admin's configuration was probably what you need. If you > really think there is a better way, this is a Postfix issue and would > better be addressed on a Postfix list. >
You may want to check out: http://www.gurulabs.com/goodies/downloads.php [search for mailman on the page] It enables you to do the trick with no aliases at all. Very clean and nice. If I could just get mailman to not even build the alias file.... Scott ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
