Hi Brad, Is this something that would become *easier* if it were done using the MYSQL plugin that is floating around?
Thanks! James. > on 5/14/09 8:45 PM, Carlos Williams said: > >> I am being told that my Postfix email server can no longer run Apache >> on the same physical server. The management has decided for specific >> reasons that Apache can only be installed and configured on the web >> server, not the mail server. The mail server will simply run Postfix / >> Dovecot. > > You can certainly configure Mailman to use your new mail-only server as > the external mail interface to the world, but I think you're going to > need to have some sort of mail server running on the web server machine, > even if that mail server is not otherwise externally accessible. The > reason is because of the way that messages are handed off to Mailman -- > via e-mail. > > The only other solution I can see is to have your mail server and web > server both mount and share the same file storage, so that the mail > server can provide the message input to Mailman (as well as the > archiving, mailing the messages back out to the subscribers, etc...), > and the web server can provide the WebUI for interacting with Mailman. > > > However, neither of these is an easy configuration to set up or > maintain, at least not relative to the typical method. I think we've > got some pointers on doing this kind of thing in the FAQ and in the > archives of this list, but there may be some details which are not clear > to you and will need further clarification. > >> This will force me to move web mail (RoundCube) & MailMan to my web >> server! My question is can I have MailMan function from scratch (no >> data needs to be migrated to the new install) from my web server and >> work? > > You still need access to the data. You can't just install a web server > on another machine and expect it to magically have all the data. And > you still need to provide some way to update that data, and you still > need some way to provide e-mail input and output to that system. > > There are a few ways to solve these issues, but each has a different set > of trade-offs, etc.... > > -- > Brad Knowles > <b...@shub-internet.org> If you like Jazz/R&B guitar, check out > LinkedIn Profile: my friend bigsbytracks on YouTube at > <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> http://preview.tinyurl.com/bigsbytracks > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/james%40thereidsonline.com > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > ------------------------------------------------------ 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