On 05/30/2015 10:41 PM, Marek Kozlowski wrote:

I'm afraid documentation doesn't say it clearly:

There's a FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/7602370> which says a bit about it.

I'm thinking of running web server and mail server on separate virtual machines (separate hosts). I'd like to install mailman on one of those hosts or on a separate VM. Does mailman require postfix and apache on the same host (as mailman)? Can it use a remote mail or a remote web server? Configuration doesn't provide such examples but doesn't say clearly it is impossible...

While it is possible to have the incoming mail server and Mailman on separate machines by using, e.g., fetchmail or NFS shared files to get the mail to Mailman, it is better to have at least a minimal MTA on the Mailman host, although mail can be relayed to it from a 'main' mail server.

The outgoing MTA that Mailman sends to is configured via SMTPHOST and SMTPPORT in mm_cfg.py and can be anywhere that Mailman can talk to via SMTP, although if it is a 'smarthost' relay, you may need to patch Mailman to do authentication if it is not in a local network.

Mailman and the web server can be on different hosts if they share files via NFS or if the main web server acts as a proxy for a limited web server on the Mailman host.

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