[Mailman-Users] moving from mm 2.0.13 to 2.1.4; query about aliases

[David W Smith]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Richard Barrett wrote:

>
> On 4 Feb 2004, at 11:48, David W Smith wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone can help me sort out the aliases setup for
> > Mailman
> > 2.1.4, to complete a move from v2.0.13 on a Solaris 8 box running NIS
> > and
> > Exim v4. I'm doing a fresh install rather than an upgrade.
> >
> > When I installed v2.0.13 I placed aliases as follows in my NIS aliases
> > file:
> >
> > mailman:        support
> > mailman-owner:  mailman
> > mailman.account:        mailman
> > mailman-request:        mailman
> > mailman-admin:  mailman
> >
> > And that's all.
> >
> > I've done a test install of 2.1.4 on another Solaris box and when I run
> > the newlist script I'm asked to add entries to /etc/aliases, like
> > these below:
> >
> >
> > mailman:              "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
> > mailman-admin:        "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
> > mailman-bounces:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces
> > mailman"
> > mailman-confirm:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm
> > mailman"
> > mailman-join:         "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
> > mailman-leave:        "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
> > mailman-owner:        "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
> > mailman-request:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request
> > mailman"
> > mailman-subscribe:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe
> > mailman"
> > mailman-unsubscribe:  "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe
> > mailman"
> >
> > I have 45 mailing lists so it looks like I'll have to add the above 10
> > lines for each list! My questions are:
> >
> > 1) can these 10 lines be added for each mailing list created to the NIS
> > aliases file (or can it only be /etc/aliases)?
> >
> > 2) is there an equivalent for v2.1.4 aliases akin to the simplicity of
> > the
> > 5 lines added to the NIS aliases file for v2.0.13?
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas/insights/suggestions.
>
> Yes; check out the 3rd and 4th paragraphs under the heading "UPGRADING
> FROM 2.0.x to 2.1" in the file called UPGRADING in your Mailman 2.1.4
> build directory.
>
> Basically, it tells you there is a script called $prefix/bin/genaliases
> which will generate the revised aliases for your existing lists. When
> you subsequently create new lists with $prefix/bin/newlist you will get
> the revised 2.1.x aliases output to you rather than the old 2.0.x style
> aliases.

-- Thanks. I've just tested this by installing mm 2.0.13 on a test server
and then then moving up to v2.1.4. So it does seem that with my production
2.0.13 install I have 5 lines in my NIS aliases files but for the 2.1.4
install this file will have 450 extra lines - 10 for each of my 45 mailing
list!

David Smith