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.
The system we are using is an Intel based machine with Solaris x86 version 8, Mailman 2.0.6, and Qmail 1.03, along with all of the current qmail add ons.
I had a user who lost his domain name and had to re-register with the org version. He went into the mailman control panel and changed all com versions to org. According to him, the mailman list was working the whole time before switching the domain name. Now that this has happened, he cannot get his confirmation emails when adding someone to his mailing list.
I went ahead and removed his entire mailing list, then recreated it. He added the administrators emails, then went to adding the users. Once again, he cannot get the confirmation emails sent. I added his mailing list entry to /etc/aliases as I have on another sendmail server, but the newaliases command no longer works, and I suspect this might be why he isn't receiving the confirmation.
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.
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?
Thanks, Aaron
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 . >
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