Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Now I have managed to get mailman working correctly but for one small problem. Users can subscribe to a list, confrm the subcription, create new lists. But they can't post to the list. I think I need to fix my postfix settings. I am able to send mails to local users and also to other Internet mail accounts but can only receive local mails but not from external mail accounts. Can you please tell me how to fix this? Thanks Malveeka On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.net wrote: Malveeka Tewari wrote: Yes I meant DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST.. Sorry about that Postfix seems to be working fine.. I am able to send and recieve mails to the local users I do not have a fixed IP address. Is there anywhere I can get a free domain name for my laptop fr sometime ( 1 week or so) so that I can test my mailman setup on my laptop? You could check out http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/. I am not recommending either for or against using such a service, just pointing it out. Since don't have any FQDN for my laptop, If I want to run mailman on my laptop what should i give the value of DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST ? You can use an IP address for testing purposes if you add it to the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary as I indicated in my prefious reply., but you can't actually run a real list in this way. Note also that even with a domain name as provided by dyndns or equivalent, many ISPs will not accept mail from such a domain. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Malveeka Tewari wrote: I trying to run mailman on my own laptop. I have been able to install mailman and it's running (i can view the mailman start up pages) I have specified the DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST to be my laptop's ip addresses in mm_cfg.py But am not able to send/recieve mails I am also not able to create new lists. (When trying to create new lists, I get an error: *Unknown virtual host ) * Is there something wrong with my postfix installation or with the mm_cfg.py values? Did you mean DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST? Note that these should be defined as domain names, not IP addresses. IP addresses may work in some contexts, but if you don't have a domain name, you will have problems sending and receiving mail. Note these are generic problems with mail, and not specific to Mailman. In order to be able to send mail reliably, you need a non-generic domain name with a fixed IP address and a rDNS pointing from that IP to the domain name. Without these, you will find your mail blocked by many services. After defining DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST in mm_cfg.py, you need VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() to remove the Defaults.py values from the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary, and add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) to add the new values. Can you send mail from your laptop through the local Postfix? E.g., with Postfix's 'sendmail' command. Can your laptop receive any mail at all, e.g. for a local user? -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Malveeka Tewari wrote: Yes I meant DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST.. Sorry about that Postfix seems to be working fine.. I am able to send and recieve mails to the local users I do not have a fixed IP address. Is there anywhere I can get a free domain name for my laptop fr sometime ( 1 week or so) so that I can test my mailman setup on my laptop? You could check out http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/. I am not recommending either for or against using such a service, just pointing it out. Since don't have any FQDN for my laptop, If I want to run mailman on my laptop what should i give the value of DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST ? You can use an IP address for testing purposes if you add it to the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary as I indicated in my prefious reply., but you can't actually run a real list in this way. Note also that even with a domain name as provided by dyndns or equivalent, many ISPs will not accept mail from such a domain. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Hi I trying to run mailman on my own laptop. I have been able to install mailman and it's running (i can view the mailman start up pages) I have specified the DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST to be my laptop's ip addresses in mm_cfg.py But am not able to send/recieve mails I am also not able to create new lists. (When trying to create new lists, I get an error: *Unknown virtual host ) * Is there something wrong with my postfix installation or with the mm_cfg.py values? On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Malveeka Tewari malve...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks a lot! Now atleast my mailman is running Malveeka On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.net wrote: Malveeka Tewari wrote: I tried creating a newlist using bin/newlist It asked me for an email address and password which I enetered but I got an error Illegal list name: mailman-ad...@localhost The instructions you are following are no good. DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST and the host names you supply to configure have to be fully qualified domain names. 'localhost' won't work. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Hi Mark Yes I meant DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST.. Sorry about that Postfix seems to be working fine.. I am able to send and recieve mails to the local users I do not have a fixed IP address. Is there anywhere I can get a free domain name for my laptop fr sometime ( 1 week or so) so that I can test my mailman setup on my laptop? Since don't have any FQDN for my laptop, If I want to run mailman on my laptop what should i give the value of DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST ? On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.net wrote: Malveeka Tewari wrote: I trying to run mailman on my own laptop. I have been able to install mailman and it's running (i can view the mailman start up pages) I have specified the DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST to be my laptop's ip addresses in mm_cfg.py But am not able to send/recieve mails I am also not able to create new lists. (When trying to create new lists, I get an error: *Unknown virtual host ) * Is there something wrong with my postfix installation or with the mm_cfg.py values? Did you mean DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST? Note that these should be defined as domain names, not IP addresses. IP addresses may work in some contexts, but if you don't have a domain name, you will have problems sending and receiving mail. Note these are generic problems with mail, and not specific to Mailman. In order to be able to send mail reliably, you need a non-generic domain name with a fixed IP address and a rDNS pointing from that IP to the domain name. Without these, you will find your mail blocked by many services. After defining DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST in mm_cfg.py, you need VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() to remove the Defaults.py values from the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary, and add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) to add the new values. Can you send mail from your laptop through the local Postfix? E.g., with Postfix's 'sendmail' command. Can your laptop receive any mail at all, e.g. for a local user? -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Sorry for replying in an already running thread. Will not happen again. I tried creating a newlist using bin/newlist It asked me for an email address and password which I enetered but I got an error Illegal list name: mailman-ad...@localhost On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.net wrote: Malveeka Tewari wrote: I installed mailman on localhost using the following instructions on http://systers.org/systers-soc/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation_-_production But on starting mailman I get an error: Site-list is missing: mailman-admin Can anyone help me here? Please do not hijack existing threads for new topics. Post an original message, not a reply. The instructions you reference above are old. They reference mailman 2.1.10. The current version is 2.1.12. They are also incomplete because they don't mention creating the site list. The error message you got says you didn't create the site list, which is normally named 'mailman', not 'mailman-admin', but in your case you have declared its name to be mailman-admin by putting MAILMAN_SITE_LIST = 'mailman-admin' in mm_cfg.py. Our installation manual is in the tarball and also at http://www.list.org/mailman-install/index.html. See section 8. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Thanks a lot! Now atleast my mailman is running Malveeka On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.net wrote: Malveeka Tewari wrote: I tried creating a newlist using bin/newlist It asked me for an email address and password which I enetered but I got an error Illegal list name: mailman-ad...@localhost The instructions you are following are no good. DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST and the host names you supply to configure have to be fully qualified domain names. 'localhost' won't work. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Malveeka Tewari wrote: I installed mailman on localhost using the following instructions on http://systers.org/systers-soc/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation_-_production But on starting mailman I get an error: Site-list is missing: mailman-admin Can anyone help me here? Please do not hijack existing threads for new topics. Post an original message, not a reply. The instructions you reference above are old. They reference mailman 2.1.10. The current version is 2.1.12. They are also incomplete because they don't mention creating the site list. The error message you got says you didn't create the site list, which is normally named 'mailman', not 'mailman-admin', but in your case you have declared its name to be mailman-admin by putting MAILMAN_SITE_LIST = 'mailman-admin' in mm_cfg.py. Our installation manual is in the tarball and also at http://www.list.org/mailman-install/index.html. See section 8. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question - was: Errors on mailman startup
Malveeka Tewari wrote: I tried creating a newlist using bin/newlist It asked me for an email address and password which I enetered but I got an error Illegal list name: mailman-ad...@localhost The instructions you are following are no good. DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST and the host names you supply to configure have to be fully qualified domain names. 'localhost' won't work. -- Mark Sapiro m...@msapiro.netThe highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install question
At 06:14 07/07/2003, Ed wrote: Hi List, I have RedHat9, Postfix 2.0.13, and Mailman 2.1.2 ... I've installed it per all the readme's and I can send mail to the list and receive mail from the list. However ! My server is listx.somedom.tld and all of my lists [ for now ] will be [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... There are A and MX records pointing at this server and they resolve to listx.somedom.tld ... My problem is that Mailman always responds as and provides a return address as listname [ or command name ] @ somedom.tld ... It totally ignores the listx part of the address ... I configured it in the mm_cfg.py properly for both the default_url_host and default_email host and it generates the links properly in the emails BUT the return address is always wrong ! Help ! It's got to be something simple I'm sure ;-) TIA --Ed This may help: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq04.029.htp World-Class Web Hosting and Development http://www.easent.net -- Richard Barrett http://www.openinfo.co.uk -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Mailman-Users] install question
* Paul Mozell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can mailman be installed on a virtual host without root access? I don't run my own server, just using a web hosting service. Can't I just put it in my cgi-bin? There are certain commands that root needs to execute. For example on when you create the mailing list aliases, root needs to rebuild the aliases (at least on sendmail you do, no experience with exim and i just installed postfix so i'm learning it now). Apache conf files need to be modified as well. So its not very possiable to install it without root, but once installed, root isn't needed much. You can always setup a mailman alias file which sendmail reads from ~mailman which would cut down the root intervention. But if someone else out there has successfully installed a non-root mailman installation do let the world know. And, how large is the untarred directory? Stock untarred dirs with no patches/configuration. mailman 2.0.13 [Mon Feb 10 - 22:57:08] (mailman@dogpound ~/mailman-2.0.13) $ du -s -c 2200. 2200total mailman 2.1.1 [Mon Feb 10 - 22:56:30] (mailman2@dogpound ~/mailman-2.1.1) $ du -s -c 18412 . 18412 total -- Matthew Davis http://dogpound.vnet.net/ This is your brain. Postscript on brain your is This. -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: archive@jab.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question
Did you setup your Aliases in the Alias file? I use Postfix so I can't help with Sendmail. Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Grant Cummings Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mailman-Users] Install question I have installed Mailman 2.0.8 via the RPM from Redhat on a server running Redhat 7.1 The install went fine, web interface works, I can set up new lists, add users from the website, it mails out a confirmation email, BUT when I go to send mail to the list, Sendmail bounces back telling me it's not a valid user. Sendmail is at version 8.11.6 What have I missed that allows Mailman to create users?? Thanks! Grant -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question
Jim I think I have the same problem, Would you please give me an example of setuping my aliases? Thank you very much Alonso Landauro Canales PC Prices S.A.C. Telf: 4477600 http://www.pcprices.com.pe LIMA - PERU -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] En nombre de Jim Hale Enviado el: lunes, 27 de mayo de 2002 13:01 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Did you setup your Aliases in the Alias file? I use Postfix so I can't help with Sendmail. Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Grant Cummings Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mailman-Users] Install question I have installed Mailman 2.0.8 via the RPM from Redhat on a server running Redhat 7.1 The install went fine, web interface works, I can set up new lists, add users from the website, it mails out a confirmation email, BUT when I go to send mail to the list, Sendmail bounces back telling me it's not a valid user. Sendmail is at version 8.11.6 What have I missed that allows Mailman to create users?? Thanks! Grant -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question
OK, when you create a list, after it asks you the email address of the owner of the list, it shows some entries like (this is what it did for my Sonar Mailing List): ## sonar mailing list ## created: 09-May-2002 root sonar: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper post sonar sonar-admin: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner sonar sonar-request: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd sonar sonar-owner: sonar-admin You need to COPY these lines into the '/etc/postfix/aliases file'. After your do that, change to the '/etc/postfix' folder, run 'postalias /etc/postfix/aliases' and then sending mail to the list should work fine. :) Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alonso Landauro Canales Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Jim I think I have the same problem, Would you please give me an example of setuping my aliases? Thank you very much Alonso Landauro Canales PC Prices S.A.C. Telf: 4477600 http://www.pcprices.com.pe LIMA - PERU -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] En nombre de Jim Hale Enviado el: lunes, 27 de mayo de 2002 13:01 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Did you setup your Aliases in the Alias file? I use Postfix so I can't help with Sendmail. Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Grant Cummings Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mailman-Users] Install question I have installed Mailman 2.0.8 via the RPM from Redhat on a server running Redhat 7.1 The install went fine, web interface works, I can set up new lists, add users from the website, it mails out a confirmation email, BUT when I go to send mail to the list, Sendmail bounces back telling me it's not a valid user. Sendmail is at version 8.11.6 What have I missed that allows Mailman to create users?? Thanks! Grant -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question
Jim I still have the answer of user unknow, but I think I am very close to finish. Do I have to create a user with the name of the newlist? Alonso -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] En nombre de Jim Hale Enviado el: lunes, 27 de mayo de 2002 20:11 Para: 'Alonso Landauro Canales'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question OK, when you create a list, after it asks you the email address of the owner of the list, it shows some entries like (this is what it did for my Sonar Mailing List): ## sonar mailing list ## created: 09-May-2002 root sonar: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper post sonar sonar-admin: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner sonar sonar-request: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd sonar sonar-owner: sonar-admin You need to COPY these lines into the '/etc/postfix/aliases file'. After your do that, change to the '/etc/postfix' folder, run 'postalias /etc/postfix/aliases' and then sending mail to the list should work fine. :) Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alonso Landauro Canales Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Jim I think I have the same problem, Would you please give me an example of setuping my aliases? Thank you very much Alonso Landauro Canales PC Prices S.A.C. Telf: 4477600 http://www.pcprices.com.pe LIMA - PERU -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] En nombre de Jim Hale Enviado el: lunes, 27 de mayo de 2002 13:01 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Did you setup your Aliases in the Alias file? I use Postfix so I can't help with Sendmail. Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Grant Cummings Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mailman-Users] Install question I have installed Mailman 2.0.8 via the RPM from Redhat on a server running Redhat 7.1 The install went fine, web interface works, I can set up new lists, add users from the website, it mails out a confirmation email, BUT when I go to send mail to the list, Sendmail bounces back telling me it's not a valid user. Sendmail is at version 8.11.6 What have I missed that allows Mailman to create users?? Thanks! Grant -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question
No - the aliases file should take care of that with the line: sonar: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper post sonar Make sure that you run the postalias command to compile the info into the database. :) Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: Alonso Landauro Canales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 8:26 PM To: 'Jim Hale'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Jim I still have the answer of user unknow, but I think I am very close to finish. Do I have to create a user with the name of the newlist? Alonso -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] En nombre de Jim Hale Enviado el: lunes, 27 de mayo de 2002 20:11 Para: 'Alonso Landauro Canales'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question OK, when you create a list, after it asks you the email address of the owner of the list, it shows some entries like (this is what it did for my Sonar Mailing List): ## sonar mailing list ## created: 09-May-2002 root sonar: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper post sonar sonar-admin: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner sonar sonar-request: |/var/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd sonar sonar-owner: sonar-admin You need to COPY these lines into the '/etc/postfix/aliases file'. After your do that, change to the '/etc/postfix' folder, run 'postalias /etc/postfix/aliases' and then sending mail to the list should work fine. :) Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alonso Landauro Canales Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Jim I think I have the same problem, Would you please give me an example of setuping my aliases? Thank you very much Alonso Landauro Canales PC Prices S.A.C. Telf: 4477600 http://www.pcprices.com.pe LIMA - PERU -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] En nombre de Jim Hale Enviado el: lunes, 27 de mayo de 2002 13:01 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [Mailman-Users] Install question Did you setup your Aliases in the Alias file? I use Postfix so I can't help with Sendmail. Jim Hale --- Jim Kathy's Website Collection http://hale.dyndns.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Grant Cummings Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mailman-Users] Install question I have installed Mailman 2.0.8 via the RPM from Redhat on a server running Redhat 7.1 The install went fine, web interface works, I can set up new lists, add users from the website, it mails out a confirmation email, BUT when I go to send mail to the list, Sendmail bounces back telling me it's not a valid user. Sendmail is at version 8.11.6 What have I missed that allows Mailman to create users?? Thanks! Grant -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install Question
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote: FreeBSD 4.4, Postfix I am preparing to install mailman-2.0.8 on my system according to my INSTALL document. In step 1, I was told to create user and group mailman by modifying the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Is it good enough to create these accounts/groups by placing them alone on a single line, or should I fill in the other atributes? In FreeBSD, /etc/passwd and /etc/group have the fields delimited by colons. I am not entirely clear on what each of these fields represent, but should I know what to enter for the shell path, home dir path, real name, et cetera? What's wrong with using standard tools like useradd and groupadd? Should be available on FreeBSD too, I guess? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.belnet.be -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install Question
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:56:51 -0800 Dan Wilder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote: FreeBSD 4.4, Postfix I am preparing to install mailman-2.0.8 on my system according to my INSTALL document. In step 1, I was told to create user and group mailman by modifying the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Is it good enough to create these accounts/groups by placing them alone on a single line, or should I fill in the other atributes? You'll probably have to fill all those fields in. My preference: # adduser --in-group mailman mailman Then edit /etc/shadow (if you're using shadow passwords, or /etc/passwd and set the passwd to * while making sure that the user's shell is something like /bin/flase, /dev/null, or similar. -- J C Lawrence -(*)Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install Question
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, J C Lawrence wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:56:51 -0800 Dan Wilder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote: FreeBSD 4.4, Postfix I am preparing to install mailman-2.0.8 on my system according to my INSTALL document. In step 1, I was told to create user and group mailman by modifying the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Is it good enough to create these accounts/groups by placing them alone on a single line, or should I fill in the other atributes? You'll probably have to fill all those fields in. My preference: # adduser --in-group mailman mailman Then edit /etc/shadow (if you're using shadow passwords, or /etc/passwd and set the passwd to * while making sure that the user's shell is something like /bin/flase, /dev/null, or similar. Is there any reason the password must be a *? It seams that this could be a security risk. Couldn't anybody just login as mailman and know that the password is * and do all kinds of mean things? -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install Question
On 24 Teveth 5762, Tim Legg wrote: Is there any reason the password must be a *? It seams that this could be a security risk. Couldn't anybody just login as mailman and know that the password is * and do all kinds of mean things? The value is not the actual password, but the one-way encryption of the password; in other words, if your password, hashed, is *, then you can get in. Pretty much impossible; the effect is to disable logins on this account for anyone but root. -- Charles Sebold 24th of Teveth, 5762 LCMS - Office of Information Systemshttp://unix.ois.org/ *** Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily *** *** those of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod *** -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install Question
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:40:27 -0600 (CST) Tim Legg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason the password must be a *? It seams that this could be a security risk. Couldn't anybody just login as mailman and know that the password is * and do all kinds of mean things? '*', like '!' is a flag value that indicates that the account cannot be authenticated with a password. -- J C Lawrence -(*)Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Re: [Mailman-Users] Install Question
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:45:30AM -0600, Tim Legg wrote: FreeBSD 4.4, Postfix I am preparing to install mailman-2.0.8 on my system according to my INSTALL document. In step 1, I was told to create user and group mailman by modifying the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Is it good enough to create these accounts/groups by placing them alone on a single line, or should I fill in the other atributes? In FreeBSD, /etc/passwd and /etc/group have the fields delimited by colons. I am not entirely clear on what each of these fields represent, but should I know what to enter for the shell path, home dir path, real name, et cetera? TIA Tim Legg -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users You'll probably have to fill all those fields in. Try man 5 passwd man 5 group for some hints. -- - Dan Wilder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Manager Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/ - -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
