On 11/30/2013 07:48 PM, R. Sheng-Chieh Cheng wrote: > > I am hoping to install a discussion mailing list. Mailman has > what I want, but I question whether I can use Mailman. I do NOT > have a mail server. And our group needs to live cheaply, so > we are not buying one. There are a few free python webhosts. > But I question whether I could install Mailman since the > installation instruction says > 1) add mailman to /etc/passwd > 2) add mailman to /etc/group > 3) install on /usr/local/mailman > I doubt a free webhost would let me do this.
These things can be worked around, but there are other issues that are more problematic. > If positive, can I assume that I don't need to know python - > just use ./configure & make install . Yes, and no. you can just run ./configure with appropriate options. You'll need --prefix=, --with-username=, --with-groupname=, --with-cgi-gid= and --with-mail-gid=, to work around the above. Also, --with-mailhost= and --with-urlhost= are useful, but they can be overridden along with most other defaults in mm_cfg.py. This is where Python knowledge can be useful. mm_cfg.py is where you put all your local configuration stuff to override settings in Defaults.py. For the most part it is straightforward OPTION = value stuff, but it is actually Python source and must obey Python syntax and semantics. Depending on what you can actually do on your hosted server, your major stumbling blocks will probably be 1) setting up incoming mail delivery to Mailman 2) setting up the web server for Mailman and possibly 3) delivering outbound mail from Mailman. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
