Thanks for the clarifications, Mark. I had actually forgotten that the way I formatted the Virtual_Hosts line was equivalent to providing individual add_virtualhost lines. So, you undoubtedly saved me some grief there.
Those few lines you see in my apache-postfix-mailman setup files only took me a week to figure out through web research and trial and error without pestering you for help. You were so helpful and generous with your support in June and July, I didn't want to show up at your door with hat in hand expecting you to lead me by the nose through this setup as well. As far as the apache config goes, I deliberately opted to put the mailman commands in individual virtual host files because I don't necessarily plan to make mailman available to every domain on my server until I've learned more about how its setup needs to work. For that reason (and since the Debian definition readily supports it, I chose to install the mailman definitions domain-by-domain rather than place them at a higher level in the Apache Definitions and grant them automatically to ALL domains. And yes, for the record, you're right. I realize these lines: > <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/"> ># AddDefaultCharset Off > </Directory> do nothing at the moment. I included them as a reminder to myself that additional definitions that involve a single mailman domain CAN be included in Apache's VirtualHost definition files. I believe the post where I found those example lines recommended adding them as part of a solution designed to support multiple character sets and languages. As I recall, there may also need to be an appropriate character set defined for EACH language as well. In short I retained those lines as a form of reminder -- a "footprint in the sand" if you will. As always, thanks for your thoughtful, wise and astute guidance, Mark. Please keep eating your wheaties, friend. I'm afraid mailman would soon be unusable without your amazing knowledge and insight at the support helm! :-) Best Professional Regards, Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Scott Race' Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains TGPlatt, WebMaster wrote: > >VIRTUAL_HOSTS = {'firstdomain.net':'firstdomain.net', > 'seconddomain.com':'seconddomain.com', > 'thirddomain.com':'thirddomain.com'} Just FYI the abbove is EXACTLY eqiivalent to VIRTUAL_HOSTS = {} add_virtualhost('firstdomain.net', 'firstdomain.net') add_virtualhost('seconddomain.com', 'seconddomain.com') add_virtualhost('thirddomain.com', 'thirddomain.com') I.e. all add_virtualhost() does is add an entry to the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary with key = the first arg and value = the second arg. >At this point I only have the mailman list for one of these domains working. >If I understand the requirements correctly, I will eventually need to add >"add_virtualhost" lines for > >add_virtualhost('www.seconddomain.com', 'seconddomain.com') >add_virtualhost('www.thirddomain.com','thirddomain.com') Actually, these conflict mildly with what you have. The issue is how you want to access the web interface for these domains. http://seconddomain.com/mailman/... or http://www.seconddomain.com/mailman/... . If the former, you want what you have now or what I indicated was equivalent. If the latter, you want what you have immediately above, but you probably don't want both. >Other than those changes which I expect to need to make, the way I have it >configured now seems to be working. > >There were also setup requirements in Apache's virtualhost definition files >too. But the way this is setup is unique on Debian. So I won't try to >explain it except to say Apache's VirtualHost definition files need these >lines included: > >## Mailman Setup > ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ Yes, you need the above, but not necessarily in each <VirtualHost> section. You can have it just once outside of the <VirtualHost> sections. > <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/"> ># AddDefaultCharset Off > </Directory> The above 3 lines appear to do nothing. -- 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9