I'm getting errors in the subscription process.
Background: I'm not sure whether this is a problem with the way my ISP has mailman set up or if it is something I can fix. The MTA in use there is Exim 3.35 #1, and it is configured such that all mail to my domain that isn't directed to a particular account goes into my inbox.
When users subscribe to my list they get the "reply to this to confirm" message. When they respond to that message, *I* am getting the message (ie. the messages aren't getting routed to listname-request@domain.org).
Is this simply an Exim problem that I need to get my ISP to fix?
Thanks for suggestions,
-Brian St. Pierre http://bstpierre.org/
Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
hi brian,
I had the same problem with the virtusertable in sendmail, might be similar to the exim problem, don't know, never used exim, but in case it helps:
the catchall aliasing you describe ([anything]@domain.tld --> brianslocalinbox@domain.tld), which in sendmail is defined in the virtusertable (by default /etc/mail/virtusertable) doesn't get along so well with the local aliasing in /etc/aliases where the aliases for the mailman wrappers are found. seems the virtusertable doesn't see the wrapper aliases and ignores them, so instead of the mail to listname-request@ going through the wrapper and being processed, it goes back to you by courtesy of the aliases in /etc/alias which the one of the readme's says to set up.
May or may not work in exim, but I suggest having them disable the catchall alias, define any specific aliases you need instead (other than the wrapper aliases, leave those as is) and restart exim and try again.
worked for me in sendmail to solve the same problem anyway.
g'luck, ~Steven
-----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-admin@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-admin@python.org] On Behalf Of Brian St. Pierre Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:31 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] errors in subscription process
I'm getting errors in the subscription process.
Background: I'm not sure whether this is a problem with the way my ISP has mailman set up or if it is something I can fix. The MTA in use there is Exim 3.35 #1, and it is configured such that all mail to my domain that isn't directed to a particular account goes into my inbox.
When users subscribe to my list they get the "reply to this to confirm" message. When they respond to that message, *I* am getting the message (ie. the messages aren't getting routed to listname-request@domain.org).
Is this simply an Exim problem that I need to get my ISP to fix?
Thanks for suggestions,
-Brian St. Pierre http://bstpierre.org/
Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
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