Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: mailman on RH7.1 still having problems

[Chuck Moss <cmrhs mossc com>]

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:04:44PM -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike T. Gholson" <mike mgdesign net>
> To: "Chuck Moss" <cmrhs mossc com>; <seawolf-list redhat com>
> Cc: <mailman-users python org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 6:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Re: mailman on RH7.1 still having problems
> 
> 
> > I see that mailman uses sendmails aliases file.  In theory, should
> > a new list be added to the aliases file every time a new list is
> > created?
> >
> > My mailman configuration is not adding the appropriate list name to
> > the aliases file.  Could this be a permission problem?
> 
> Yes it uses the aliases file and you must add the list name and it's
> components to the aliases file manually.  I run mailman myself but I compile
> and install it from source myself from the mailman web site.  When you type
> bin/newlist and once you enter the list name and owner, you should see a
> note to add whatever lines for that list to your aliases file and run
> newaliases for it to take affect.

I think you can actually use the -o flag to have newlist add the lines to
the aliases file automagically.
e.g.
/var/mailman/bin/newlist -o /etc/aliases testlist test test org samplepass
newaliases

Chuck



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