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

[J C Lawrence <claw kanga nu>]

On Thu, 31 May 2001 16:26:48 -0700 
Mike T Gholson <mike mgdesign net> wrote:

> 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?

Depending on your MTA and its configuration, yes, this is true.
Some MTAs, such as Exim and Postfix, can be configured to not need a
list alias file at all.

> My mailman configuration is not adding the appropriate list name
> to the aliases file.  Could this be a permission problem?

No.  You need to manually add the aliases as provided by newlist.

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