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Bug 208789
net-mail/mailman update
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README.gentoo-r3
README.gentoo-r3 (text/plain), 6.64 KB, created by
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># Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation ># Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 ># $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-mail/mailman/files/README.gentoo-r2,v 1.1 2008/01/22 15:47:37 hanno Exp $ > >Follow these instructions to finish setting up mailman. This file and the >original ebuild were tweaked by me <lamer@gentoo.org> but were graciously >submitted by Joby Walker (YOU RULE!) >2003 Jul 09: updated by Jesus Perez and re-tweaked by me <raker@gentoo.org> >for 2.1.x. > >Please view the documentation on Mailman at: http://www.list.org/ > >This documentation assumes you're using the default gentoo path >(/usr/lib/mailman/), if you've changed it with MAILMAN_PREFIX, adjust them >accordingly. > >1) If this is your first time installing mailman, after your "emerge mailman", >you need to add -D MAILMAN to /etc/conf.d/apache or /etc/conf.d/apache2 and restart >apache. > >2) In your /etc/conf.d/apache (for apache 1.x) > or /etc/conf.d/apache2 (for apache 2.x) > file add the additional option to the > APACHE_OPTS or APACHE2_OPTS variable: > > -D MAILMAN > >3) Make sure mailman is a part of the cron group > >4) This must be done as user mailman: > > su - mailman > >Add the cron jobs: > > cd cron > crontab crontab.in > cd .. > >Create the site password: > > bin/mmsitepass > >and main list: > > bin/newlist mailman > > >5) Change back to root: > > exit > >(Postfix users: read the notes at the end of this file before you continue) >Add this to /etc/mail/aliases (and see point 9 for notes): > 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" > >For courier, the aliases have to go to /etc/courier/aliases and you have to skip >the quotes. > >Run newaliases (only if you use sendmail). > > newaliases > >6) Start the mailman daemon: > > /etc/init.d/mailman start > >and add it to default runlevel (optional but recommended): > > rc-update add mailman default > >7) For each list created (either with web interface or with bin/newlist) >this must be added to /etc/mail/aliases (see smrsh notes below) >replace <list-name> with the name of the list: > > <list-name>: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post <list-name>" > <list-name>-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin <list-name>" > <list-name>-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces <list-name>" > <list-name>-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm <list-name>" > <list-name>-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join <list-name>" > <list-name>-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave <list-name>" > <list-name>-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner <list-name>" > <list-name>-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request <list-name>" > <list-name>-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe <list-name>" > <list-name>-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe <list-name>" > >For courier, the aliases have to go to /etc/courier/aliases and you have to skip >the quotes. > >Run newaliases: > > newaliases > >smrsh notes >----------- >(if you use sendmail, you are surely using srmsh) you must note that >sendmail won't run any program outside of EBINDIR. I tried to change >EBINDIR using,define(`confEBINDIR', `/usr/lib/mailman/mail')dnl in >sendmail.mc but it didn't work, so mailman must be placed in EBINDIR, >which in Gentoo is /usr/adm/sm.bin, so you must run as root: > > ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman /usr/adm/sm.bin/mailman > >And the lines in /etc/mail/aliases which refer to >/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman must be changed to mailman: > > <list-name>: "|mailman post <list-name>" > <list-name>-admin: "|mailman admin <list-name>" > <list-name>-bounces: "|mailman bounces <list-name>" > <list-name>-confirm: "|mailman confirm <list-name>" > <list-name>-join: "|mailman join <list-name>" > <list-name>-leave: "|mailman leave <list-name>" > <list-name>-owner: "|mailman owner <list-name>" > <list-name>-request: "|mailman request <list-name>" > <list-name>-subscribe: "|mailman subscribe <list-name>" > <list-name>-unsubscribe: "|mailman unsubscribe <list-name>" > >exim notes >---------- >You can write an exim stanza for the router and transport that looks something >like (Derived from, and in part taken from cpanel): > >mailman_virtual_router: > driver = accept > require_files = /var/lib/mailman/lists/${lc::local_part}/config.pck > local_part_suffix_optional > local_part_suffix = -admin : \ > -bounces : -bounces+* : \ > -confirm : -confirm+* : \ > -join : -leave : \ > -owner : -request : \ > -subscribe : -unsubscribe > transport = mailman_virtual_transport > >mailman_virtual_transport: > driver = pipe > command = /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman \ > '${if def:local_part_suffix \ > {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \ > {post}}' \ > ${lc:$local_part} > current_directory = /usr/lib/mailman > home_directory = /usr/lib/mailman > user = mailman > group = mailman > >Note the double colon in the require files. See >http://wiki.exim.org/FAQ/General_Debugging/Q0060 for more information. > >This should be modified if you're using the vhosts USE flag, specifically you >need to modify the location of the config.pck file, to be >${lc::local_part}-${lc::domain} instead of simply ${lc::local_part}, and for the >transport you need to change the last part of the command in the same fashion. > >Other Helpful things to know... >------------------------------- >run "bin/check_perms -f" from the root mailman directory >(/usr/lib/mailman) to check and fix permission problems. > >The INSTALL file is located in /usr/share/doc/mailman-$VERSION/ > >Postfix notes >------------- >If you're using Postfix, don't manually change your /etc/mail/aliases >file, as described above. Instead, follow these instructions: > >http://list.org/mailman-install/node13.html > >This will set up Mailman and Postfix to automatically generate the new >aliases when you create new lists. It will also make sure that Postfix >uses the correct group ID when it's talking to Mailman, otherwise you >will get security errors from Mailman. >
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