[Mailman-Users] Mailman and Qmail/Vpopmail

[Michael Kabot]

Mark,

Thanks for adding this information !

Simon,

I use Plesk for server control which automatically creates the files Mark is
talking about.  Thus I don't have to create them manually.

>From my installation of Qmail, I can confirm that all the files discussed
below need to be created.  That is how Qmail knows about the mailing lists
and their names.  Take an existing .qmail-<alias> file in the Vpopmail
directory and use it as an example of how to name the files and their proper
permissions.

  
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: mailman-users-bounces+mkabot=soarol.com at python.org 
| [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+mkabot=soarol.com at python.org] 
| On Behalf Of Mark Sapiro
| Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:10 PM
| To: Simon Schuh; mailman-users at python.org
| Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and Qmail/Vpopmail
| 
| 
| Simon Schuh wrote:
| >
| >In /home/vpopmail/domains there is a directory for every domain.
| >Like: /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.tld/
| >In there are .qmail files for all defined adresses.
| >
| >Mailman didn't create any files there.
| >Can I tell Mailman where to create the files or how I'm doing this?
| 
| 
| Mailman does not create any aliases for qmail. You have to 
| create them manually, 10 for each list. When you create a 
| list, you should get a report and an email about the aliases 
| similar to the following for the 'mailman' list.
| 
| ## mailman mailing list
| 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"
| 
| but this is not the format for qmail alaises. I know nothing 
| about qmail. All I know is at 
| <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/qmail-issues.html> which 
| you say you've read.
| 
| What it says to me is that for each list you need to create 
| 10 files named .qmail-x where x is from the 'local parts 
| above (e.g. mailman. mailman-admin, etc.). These files should 
| be created in the /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.tld/ 
| directory for the list domain.
| 
| The contents of these files should be something related to 
| the respective pipe command in the above list similar to
| 
| |preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman
| 
| etc.
| 
| This is only my understanding of what I read in 
| <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/qmail-issues.html>. It 
| may not be correct.
| 
| For further information, you'd have to see qmail documention 
| or ask on a qmail list or wait until someone with relevant 
| experience sees your post on this list.
| 
| As an alternate to aliases in qmail, there is a contributed 
| script at contrib/qmail-to-mailman.py in the Mailman source 
| distribution and a brief note about it at 
| <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/qmail-issues.html>. It 
| is 8 years old, but it might work.
| 
| -- 
| Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
| San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
| 
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