Thanks! After working past some quirks in the OS, I finally got this working. I've been a Windows admin/programmer for many years, but I'm a Linux newbie; I would never have figured out how to make this work without your assistance. :)
Now that I'm sure I can use this stuff, I'd love a copy of that script to create the cmdalias files - I have a lot of configuration work ahead of me. Thanks again, Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Sandra Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: [xmail] Re: Mailman > > >Hi, > > > >I was wondering whether anyone has managed to get XMail and Mailman to work > >together, and if so, how did you configure the mailman list-control aliases > >in XMail? I've tried setting up piped commands in aliases.tab and also > >under cmdaliases, but I haven't found a way to make it work, and this is one > >of those rare instances when Google doesn't seem to be of much assistance. > > > >If nobody has managed to do it yet, I'll give it up and try something else. > >That would be a shame, because so far I'm very impressed with both packages. > >I just wish I could get them to talk to each other! > > I have gotten it to work. There are a few steps involved in making this work. > > First, you should create a cmdalias in the domain for each of the > mailboxes that mailman expects. An example with domain = > lists.domain.com and list name=list, you'd create the following > cmdalias files in /var/MailRoot/cmdaliases: > > list-admin.tab list-confirm.tab list-leave.tab list-request.tab > list.tab > list-bounces.tab list-join.tab list-owner.tab > list-subscribe.tab list-unsubscribe.tab > > Each file has the following line in it: > > "external"[tab]"0"[tab]"0"[tab]"/var/MailRoot/bin/mailman.sh"[tab]"@@RCPT"[t ab]"@@TMPFILE" > > Then you put the following file, mailman.sh, in your > /var/MailRoot/bin folder. You'll also need the econv package > available on the xmailserver.org web page, under the tools section: > > ##### START mailman.sh ####### > #! /bin/bash > # > # This script takes an incoming list for a mailing list and parses > the email address > # to determine the correct list for sending to Mailman's wrapper program > > MAIL_ROOT=/var/MailRoot > > # Arguments > list_email=$1 > messagefile=$2 > > # First, isolate the list address (i.e. list-owner, list-subscribe, etc.) > list_address=`echo "$list_email" | sed 's/@.*//g'` > > # Next, isolate the list name > list_name=`echo "$list_address" | sed 's/-.*//g'` > > # Isolate the list user (i.e. owner, admin, subscribe, etc.) > list_user=`echo "$list_address" | sed 's/.*-//g'` > > # If the list user is the same as the list name, this means this is > the address for the list > # itself, so the list user should be set to post > if [ $list_name == $list_user ] ; then > list_user=post > fi > > # Convert the Xmail mail file into an email file > tmpfile=/home/xmail/$RANDOM.conv > econv --unix --input $messagefile --output $tmpfile > > # Pipe the email file to the Mailman wrapper for the correct list and user > cat $tmpfile | /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman $list_user > $list_name >& /home/xmail/error.log > rm $tmpfile > > logfile=$MAIL_ROOT/logs/mailinglists.log > logentry=`date` > logentry="$logentry : $list_email" > echo $logentry >> $logfile > > ###### END mailman.sh ####### > > Granted, this file is not the most efficient way to do this. Also, > there is a major flaw with the script, as it currently does not allow > list names with a dash in them (this is actually a very common > practice). If someone has something better to offer, please do (and > post it to the list)! > > I've also create a semi-automated script that creates a list in > mailman and also creates each of the necessary cmdalias files. > Contact me off list to get this code, as it's more involved. > > Good luck! > > Toby > > -- > Toby Reiter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Breezing Internet Communications http://www.breezing.com > 1106 West Main St phone:434.295.2050 > Charlottesville, VA 22903 fax:603.843.6931 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
