Easy Install Instructions for Mailman and (exim, postfix or sendmail)
Hello,
I did manage to get mailman set up to run with sendmail & wanted to report back to the list on what was useful. First, Todd's advice to comment out the DAEMON_OPTIONS in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
(Two comments on this - what an odd way to comment out something and also, the inline instructions in the rpm aren't all that clear - "Remove the loopback dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet." - why not just say comment out the line below???)
I also kept looking for setup/install instructions within the Mailman Documentation list here (doesn't seem to be an option): http://www.list.org/docs.html
Searching the whole faq here though provided some very useful info: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=all
These were particularly helpful: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=all#5.5 http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=all#1.7
I did try exim & postfix, but couldn't get either to work..
Mike
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Mike Gifford wrote:
I did manage to get mailman set up to run with sendmail
Cool.
& wanted to report back to the list on what was useful. First, Todd's advice to comment out the DAEMON_OPTIONS in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
(Two comments on this - what an odd way to comment out something and also, the inline instructions in the rpm aren't all that clear - "Remove the loopback dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet." - why not just say comment out the line below???)
Perhaps they wanted to be obfuscated like the rest of Sendmail? ;)
I also kept looking for setup/install instructions within the Mailman Documentation list here (doesn't seem to be an option): http://www.list.org/docs.html
The docs to read are in the mailman tarball and for Red Hat packaged RPMS are installed in /usr/share/doc/mailman-$version/. They usually install a README.REDHAT file that details the few steps you need to take in addition to installing the rpm, which does try to do much of the work for you. It's still good to read the INSTALL, README, and the README's for the MTA you're using.
I did try exim & postfix, but couldn't get either to work..
At least you have it going. To me, the nicest thing about using postfix with mailman is the integration. All the aliases will get added to your alias file automatically, which saves you the hassle of manually adding them and running newaliases.
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