On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:04:37PM -0500, shawn wrote:

i have a problem with this set up. i've searched and searched all over and can't find a useful solution.

i have followed these documents

http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Mailman_and_Exim4 http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/140 http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html

exim4, procmail and maildir are all working fine. but, when we create a mailman list and try to send to the list (e.g. mailman@example.com) i receive an error saying the user/address is unrouteable?

first of all, i'll start with a pet-hate: the travesty of split-file configuration and Pkg-exim4.

secondly, I presume you've config'd mm_cfg.py to "MTA = None", created the site-list, and started the Mailman runners?

web:~# exim4 -bt mailman@example.com mailman@example.com is undeliverable: Unrouteable address

This is possibly where obscurating your mail domains is an hinderance.

Is example.com listed in your exim config as a mailman domain: i'd suggest just using *one* guide, and the Exim one is probably one of the saner approaches out there (it's what I'd use).

Are you using the "exim4-daemon-heavy", too?

Remember, the order of routers is significant, so ensure the Mailman router's in the right place in your config file.

Is the transport set to run with the appropriate user/group for Mailman (normally, if you've used Debian packages, this will be 'list:list')

do i need to add a "user" alias in each /etc/exim4/virtual/... configuration? if i do that, then the mail delivers to what ever local user i alias, but it won't post to the list?

That depends on how you've set things up: if you've used Nigel's &c guide, per exim.org, then no: it's all handled elsewhere in the config.

It's probably worth running something like

"exim -C /etc/exim/configure -bV"

("/etc/exim4/exim4.conf" may be more appropriate for you: I've been
known to build my own exims on debian boxes.)

to check your config files are in working order: and if you've not HUP'd the exim daemon since fiddling with the config, that too.

If you're using a monolithic exim4.conf/configure file, shove it somewhere, and I'll have a look at it for you.

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