Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:17:49 -0700 To: mailman-users@python.org
I'm just not sure whether the problem rests with the transport or alias_maps and alias_database -- alias_maps points to an empty file.
If you are using aliases, there should be no transport for Mailman. You want the default Postfix local transport, not postfix_to_mailman.py and no dovecot LDA.
Pardon the repost of similar data. Here's a slightly edited version, minor correction in naming conventions:
root@dur:~# root@dur:~# grep alias /etc/postfix/main.cf alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases alias_database = hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases #alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases root@dur:~# root@dur:~# postmap -v /etc/postfix/transport postmap: name_mask: all postmap: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv4 addresses postmap: inet_addr_local: configured 2 IPv6 addresses postmap: open hash /etc/postfix/transport postmap: Compiled against Berkeley DB: 5.1.25? postmap: Run-time linked against Berkeley DB: 5.1.25? root@dur:~# root@dur:~# cat /etc/postfix/transport lists.dur.bounceme.net mailman: root@dur:~# root@dur:~# cat /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases root@dur:~# root@dur:~# ll /var/lib/mailman/data/ total 44 drwxrwsr-x 2 root list 4096 Aug 28 08:48 ./ drwxrwsr-x 8 root list 4096 Aug 27 19:58 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root list 0 Aug 28 04:36 aliases -rw-r--r-- 1 root list 12288 Aug 28 04:36 aliases.db
See my reply to your OP in this thread.
-rw-r----- 1 root list 41 Aug 27 21:04 creator.pw -rw-rw-r-- 1 root list 10 Aug 27 19:58 last_mailman_version -rw-r--r-- 1 root list 14100 Oct 19 2011 sitelist.cfg root@dur:~# root@dur:~# ll /etc/aliases -rw-r--r-- 1 root list 1852 Aug 27 21:18 /etc/aliases root@dur:~# root@dur:~# cat /etc/aliases usenet: root ## mailman mailing list mailman: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribemailman" mailman-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"
## gmane.mail.mailman.user.1 mailing list gmane.mail.mailman.user.1:"|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe gmane.mail.mailman.user.1" gmane.mail.mailman.user.1-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe gmane.mail.mailman.user.1"
These aliases should not be in /etc/aliases. If you configure things as I've said, they will be in /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.
root@dur:~# root@dur:~# grep mailman /etc/postfix/master.cf mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py
Get rid of this. It is incompatible with alias delivery.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan