vhost patchset for 2.1.7 (Debian, Exim)
Hi, I wonder if anyone can point me in the appropriate direction of some sorely lacking documentation on the patching of mailman to support virtualhosts under exim.
Starting here:
It appears that there are two distinct forks to the patchset (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Apply [1] to mailman source, then [2] [1] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-2.1.7-release-to-20060114.patch [2] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-2.1.7-20060114-to-vhost.patch
or
Apply [A] to mailman source, then [B] [A] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-2.1.7-release-to-vhost.patch [B] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-vh-2.1.7.patch
In both cases I've had to extensively edit the patches (paths etc) to apply correctly to the source on my system and they don't work with Debain sources either.
On top of that the sheer lack of documentation (especially if you're a sysadmin and not a python developer) is quite confusing. I haven't found any of the related sites (see below) to be of that much more use either. And where there is documentation related to mailman and exim, I've followed the instructions to the letter in terms of virtualhosts and still have no luck.
I'm more than happy to put together whatever documentation is required if I can mine someone's brain who understands the source or how to make the patch sources work properly.
What's also interesting is that in the Debian installation of mailman/exim the following files are created in /etc/exim4/conf.d specifically for virtualhosting but using them seems to be an arcane art. I can't seem to get the config working as implied by these files or find additional info about them:
/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/420_exim4-config_virt_mailman /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/50_exim4-config_virt_mailman
Any assistance would be appreciated, thanks.
(related sites)
- http://wiki.koumbit.net/VirtualMailman?highlight=%28Virtual%29
- http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html
- http://www.tty1.net/virtual_domains_en.html
I did manage to get Neil Blakey-Milner's patch working briefly but it wasn't sufficient for my needs. I know him so I contacted him directly but he's unable to assist with tweaking the 2.1.7 patches to my needs.
(Neil's original patches)
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Bretton Vine wrote:
Hi, I wonder if anyone can point me in the appropriate direction of some sorely lacking documentation on the patching of mailman to support virtualhosts under exim.
Starting here:
It appears that there are two distinct forks to the patchset (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Apply [1] to mailman source, then [2] [1] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-2.1.7-release-to-20060114.patch [2] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-2.1.7-20060114-to-vhost.patch
In this case, patch [1] is the 2.1.7 post release bug fix patch from <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1405790&group_id=103&atid=300103> and should be applied to 2.1.7 first, followed by application of [2] which is the virtual hosting patch.
or
Apply [A] to mailman source, then [B] [A] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-2.1.7-release-to-vhost.patch [B] http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/mailman-vh-2.1.7.patch
In this case, [A] is the same function as [2] in the case above, but without first applying [1].
[B] is a separate patch from a different source and is on the <http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/> site only for reference. It could be applied instead of [A], not in addition.
In both cases I've had to extensively edit the patches (paths etc) to apply correctly to the source on my system and they don't work with Debain sources either.
Patch [1] should apply cleanly to the 2.1.7 release, and patch [2] on top of that. If your 2.1.7 sources are different, then there is no telling what may happen.
On top of that the sheer lack of documentation (especially if you're a sysadmin and not a python developer) is quite confusing. I haven't found any of the related sites (see below) to be of that much more use either. And where there is documentation related to mailman and exim, I've followed the instructions to the letter in terms of virtualhosts and still have no luck.
In fairness to Hans, this is a work in progress. You may find the entire thread at <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2006-March/018589.html> to be of interest.
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