David Abrahams wrote: > >I'm trying to follow the directions for integrating Mailman with >Sendmail, but I think they may be incomplete. It looks like there >were orginally some instructions directed at installations like mine >(a few users, a few mailing lists, *one* computer), and they were >entirely replaced by instructions for installations where an entire >host could be dedicated to serving mailman lists. There are oblique >references to how much easier the mm-handler method is than the >alternative "maintaining lists of aliases" but no details about what >that alternative involves.
It involves maintaining a set of aliases in /etc/aliases for each list such as ## mailman mailing list mailman: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" mailman-unsubscribe:"|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" This can be done automatically. See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.049.htp> and the post to which it refers. >I don't mind going the mm-handler way if it's more scalable, so I >pointed a separate domain, lists.boost-consulting.com, at my server. >But now I have to learn about virtual hosting with sendmail and figure >out how to integrate my .mc file with the supplied mailman.mc and have >the respective settings that are different only apply to the intended >hosts. I don't know too much about sendmail (or email protocols in >general, really), so this is turning into a big and risky project. Is >there anyone here who can help me get this stuff configured without >bringing my email system to its knees for too long? Look at the 'automated' method referred to in the FAQ. You may decide you don't need to go the mm-handler route. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ 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