abw wrote:
I asked this question earlier and didn't quite get a clear response, so I will post it again. I apologize if I have missed any other lectures about it.
(i think you posted it twice in fact). i responded to your other message, although from the wrong address.
I'm not positive on this, but I don't know what else it can be. The mailing list installs fine, but the alias file doesn't seem to update. I looked as best for an answer on google, but all I found were others who are trying to use qmail and mailman, no real answers. It almost seems that mailman doesn't recognize any of the email addresses sent to it. Maybe the aliases file has something to do with this problem? The two valid addresses are clearly in the administration panel on his list.
did you read README.QMAIL in the source directory? not to be rude, but are you using the dot forward package, which is required for qmail to read standard /etc/aliases style alias files?
by default, qmail uses individual files for aliases instead of one large flat file.
have you considered switching to EZMLM (which is designed for qmail) or switching to postfix as your MTA?
Has anybody had success with this? I can't figure out whats wrong. My guess is there is a configuration problem somewhere, but where? Mailman? Aliases? Any suggestions?
post your logs. read README.QMAIL. write a script to generate the right type of alias files for qmail, or use dot-forward.
the fact that you posted your question twice and didn't include any logs, or any relevant information other than "it doesn't work" probably had something to do with the fact that no one responded.
a script like this might work (watch any line wrapping your mail client might do).
zugzug% cat makenewlist.sh #!/bin/sh
for f in $* do echo "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post ${f}" > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-$f echo "|home/mailman/wrapper mailowner ${f}" > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-$f-admin echo "&{f}-admin" > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-$f-owner echo "|/home/mailman/wrapper mailcmd ${f}" > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-$f-request done
actually in the README.QMAIL file, there's a better example:
#!/bin/sh if [ $# = 1 ]; then i=$1 echo Making links to $i... echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper post $i" > .qmail-$i echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner $i" > .qmail-$i-admin echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner $i" > .qmail-$i-owner echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner $i" > .qmail-owner-$i echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd $i" > .qmail-$i-request fi
-- Will Yardley input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . >