[Mailman-Users] Problems with mailman and postfix

[Barry Finkel]

>> >Hello List,
>> >
>> >first: I installed mailman now for the first time.
>> >
>> >I could make the new list "mailman" via ssh and the newlist command.
>> >
>> >The second list I created via the webinterface.
>> >
>> >Everything works well, but if I send now a message to
>> ><mailto:Mailman-request at www.lists.bushido-wuestems.de>
>> >Mailman-request at www.lists.bushido-wuestems.de
>> >
>> >I get the following Error:
>> >
>> >< <mailto:Mailman-request at www.lists.bushido-wuestems.de>
>> >Mailman-request at www.lists.bushido-wuestems.de>: mail for
>> >
>> >     <http://www.lists.bushido-wuestems.de> www.lists.bushido-
>> wuestems.de loops back to myself
>> 
>> 
>> You do not say if you are using sendmail as your MTA, but from the
>> message I assume so.  You need a
>> 
>
>[Daniel Herrmann] 
>
>Oh, i'm sorry, i forgot to say.
>
>I'm using Postfix, not sendmail.
>What do I have to do here ?
>
> 
>>      Cw www.lists.bushido-wuestems.de
>> 
>> record in your sendmail.cf file telling sendmail that it is allowed to
>> accept mail destined for
>> 
>
>Daniel


In /etc/postfix/main.cf, add the nodename to

     mydestination = 

if it is not already there.  If it is, then I would have to see a
rejection message with mail headers to determine what might be the
problem.
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