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From: Bruce Johnson via Mailman-Users [mailto:mailman-users@python.org]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021, 21:02 UTC
To: mailman-users@python.org
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Mailman + postfix automatically adding aliases
> But when I do this I get the following. Am I supposed to create these
> data/aliases files manually? Where are they supposed to go? There is no data/
> directory in /usr/lib/mailman and /var/lib/mailman has a data directory but
> nothing inside named aliases
>
>
> [root@dhbmailman2 mailman]# bin/genaliases
> To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or
> equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the
> `newaliases' program:
>
> ## newserver_test mailing list
> newserver_test: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe
> newserver_test"
> newserver_test-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe
> newserver_test"
>
> ## mailman mailing list
> mailman: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
> mailman-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
> mailman-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"
> mailman-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"
> mailman-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
> mailman-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
> mailman-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
> mailman-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"
> mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"
> mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"
>
>
The usual thing is to copy and paste that into the /etc/aliases file each time
you create a list, then run "newaliases" and "postfix reload".
# nano /etc/aliases
# newaliases
# postfix reload
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