Correct host values in mm.cfg.py
Hi all
I have started to install Mailman on a Mac OS X Sierra (10.12.4) machine, using Macports. I installed the necessary python27 component and mailman itself so far. But then, I am stuck...
At the end of the mailman install process, I receive the message
"Be sure to verify the email and URL host settings in the Mailman configuration file (they may have been guessed incorrectly during the configuration step): /opt/local/share/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py"
The entries which the installation created automatically are:
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mailman.fritz.box' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mailman.fritz.box' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
Of course, mailman.fritz.box is not a valid address, it is just the name of the machine followed by the router name... what else should I put there? The machine does not have an IP number or an address which is accessible from the internet. A setting like "mailman.localhost" seems not to work. The web interface does not need to be available from "outside". I will need to use an outside SMTP- and POP3 server for mail exchange, since the machine is behind a router with a dynamic IP address assigned by the access provider according to their needs.
The "Include /opt/local/etc/httpd/mailman.conf" statement is in the httpd.conf file.
Thank you, Christian
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On 04/11/2017 03:50 PM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote: put there? The machine does not have an IP number or an address which is accessible from the internet. A setting like "mailman.localhost" seems not to work. The web interface does not need to be available from "outside". I will need to use an outside SMTP- and POP3 server for mail exchange, since the machine is behind a router with a dynamic IP address assigned by the access provider according to their needs.
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST is the domain name associated with the addresses that receive list mail. I.e. if a list posting address is list@example.com, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST should be set to 'example.com'. It doesn't matter if this is an external mail exchange server, but whatever the email domain is should be the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST value.
DEFAULT_URL_HOST is the host portion of the URL that will be used to access the Mailman web UI. mailman.localhost should be acceptable if in fact http://mailman.localhost/ URLs will work. Also, it's supposed to be a "fully qualified" domain name, but I think just 'localhost' will work for DEFAULT_URL_HOST.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
On 04/11/2017 03:50 PM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote: put there? The machine does not have an IP number or an address which is accessible from the internet. A setting like "mailman.localhost" seems not to work. The web interface does not need to be available from "outside". I will need to use an outside SMTP- and POP3 server for mail exchange, since the machine is behind a router with a dynamic IP address assigned by the access provider according to their needs.
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST is the domain name associated with the addresses that receive list mail. I.e. if a list posting address is list@example.com, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST should be set to 'example.com'. It doesn't matter if this is an external mail exchange server, but whatever the email domain is should be the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST value.
DEFAULT_URL_HOST is the host portion of the URL that will be used to access the Mailman web UI. mailman.localhost should be acceptable if in fact http://mailman.localhost/ URLs will work. Also, it's supposed to be a "fully qualified" domain name, but I think just 'localhost' will work for DEFAULT_URL_HOST.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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