Check the permissions and ownership of the aliases file (not in front of my install, but documentation tells you how it should be set - I believe on my install the group ownership is list)
Also - I believe your Postfix main.cf file needs to have an entry pointing to an additional aliases file, instead of updating the /etc/aliases file. However, on a fresh install a few days ago (my first 2.1.11 install), I found that it's dropping the aliases file that it updates in something like /var/lib/mailman. That was new to me, but seemed to work out of the box. So go to your root directory and do a #find -name aliases and see if you have multiple aliases files, maybe it's hanging out in the mailman install directory. -----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+scott=916networks....@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+scott=916networks....@python.org] On Behalf Of Mark Ratcliff Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 10:29 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Mailman not automatically updating its aliases file Hi, I was recently tasked with setting up a new mailman server. We installed mm2.1.9 via yum on a RHEL5.3 server with postfix installed. varprefix=/var/lib/mailman and prefix =/usr/lib/mailman. This is what I have for custom lines in my mm_cfg.py: DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mm server name' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mm server name' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) MTA = 'Postfix' VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = 0 OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = 1 My problem is that whenever I use the newlist command and I create a list, it doesnt automatically update the aliases file. According to the install documentation on the mailman website, I only had to do a few things including adding MTA='Postfix', etc. Are there any other settings that I need to check on in order to make sure it is working? Thanks for any replies. ------------------------------------------------------ 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/scott%40916networks.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
