X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=net-mail%2Fmailman%2Ffiles%2FREADME.gentoo-r3;fp=net-mail%2Fmailman%2Ffiles%2FREADME.gentoo-r3;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=c14e20f9d9bbff43812e06eaddb4e404b832e0dc;hp=e5e0e3bdfd05fc9eba22f3afb7ebf6c37ade63a5;hpb=45dbe9cf1a1cfba6b31de0afb2d1440e9daa7838;p=mjo-overlay.git diff --git a/net-mail/mailman/files/README.gentoo-r3 b/net-mail/mailman/files/README.gentoo-r3 deleted file mode 100644 index e5e0e3b..0000000 --- a/net-mail/mailman/files/README.gentoo-r3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,182 +0,0 @@ -# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation -# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-mail/mailman/files/README.gentoo-r3,v 1.2 2008/11/14 11:07:55 hanno Exp $ - -Follow these instructions to finish setting up mailman. This file and the -original ebuild were tweaked by me but were graciously -submitted by Joby Walker (YOU RULE!) -2003 Jul 09: updated by Jesus Perez and re-tweaked by me -for 2.1.x. - -Please view the documentation on Mailman at: http://www.list.org/ - -This documentation assumes you're using the default gentoo path -(/usr/lib/mailman/), if you've changed it with MAILMAN_PREFIX, adjust them -accordingly. - -1) If this is your first time installing mailman, after your "emerge mailman", -you need to add -D MAILMAN to /etc/conf.d/apache or /etc/conf.d/apache2 and restart -apache. - -2) In your /etc/conf.d/apache (for apache 1.x) - or /etc/conf.d/apache2 (for apache 2.x) - file add the additional option to the - APACHE_OPTS or APACHE2_OPTS variable: - - -D MAILMAN - -3) Make sure mailman is a part of the cron group - -4) This must be done as user mailman: - - su - mailman - -Add the cron jobs: - - cd cron - crontab crontab.in - cd .. - -Create the site password: - - bin/mmsitepass - -and main list: - - bin/newlist mailman - - -5) Change back to root: - - exit - -(Postfix users: read the notes at the end of this file before you continue) -Add this to /etc/mail/aliases (and see point 9 for notes): - mailman: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" - mailman-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" - mailman-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" - mailman-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" - mailman-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" - mailman-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" - mailman-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" - mailman-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" - mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" - mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" - -For courier, the aliases have to go to /etc/courier/aliases and you have to skip -the quotes. - -Run newaliases (only if you use sendmail). - - newaliases - -6) Start the mailman daemon: - - /etc/init.d/mailman start - -and add it to default runlevel (optional but recommended): - - rc-update add mailman default - -7) For each list created (either with web interface or with bin/newlist) -this must be added to /etc/mail/aliases (see smrsh notes below) -replace with the name of the list: - - : "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post " - -admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin " - -bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces " - -confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm " - -join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join " - -leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave " - -owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner " - -request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request " - -subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe " - -unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe " - -For courier, the aliases have to go to /etc/courier/aliases and you have to skip -the quotes. - -Run newaliases: - - newaliases - -smrsh notes ------------ -(if you use sendmail, you are surely using srmsh) you must note that -sendmail won't run any program outside of EBINDIR. I tried to change -EBINDIR using,define(`confEBINDIR', `/usr/lib/mailman/mail')dnl in -sendmail.mc but it didn't work, so mailman must be placed in EBINDIR, -which in Gentoo is /usr/adm/sm.bin, so you must run as root: - - ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman /usr/adm/sm.bin/mailman - -And the lines in /etc/mail/aliases which refer to -/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman must be changed to mailman: - - : "|mailman post " - -admin: "|mailman admin " - -bounces: "|mailman bounces " - -confirm: "|mailman confirm " - -join: "|mailman join " - -leave: "|mailman leave " - -owner: "|mailman owner " - -request: "|mailman request " - -subscribe: "|mailman subscribe " - -unsubscribe: "|mailman unsubscribe " - -exim notes ----------- -You can write an exim stanza for the router and transport that looks something -like (Derived from, and in part taken from cpanel): - -mailman_virtual_router: - driver = accept - require_files = /var/lib/mailman/lists/${lc::$local_part}/config.pck - local_part_suffix_optional - local_part_suffix = -admin : \ - -bounces : -bounces+* : \ - -confirm : -confirm+* : \ - -join : -leave : \ - -owner : -request : \ - -subscribe : -unsubscribe - transport = mailman_virtual_transport - -mailman_virtual_transport: - driver = pipe - command = /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman \ - '${if def:local_part_suffix \ - {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \ - {post}}' \ - ${lc:$local_part} - current_directory = /usr/lib/mailman - home_directory = /usr/lib/mailman - user = mailman - group = mailman - -Note the double colon in the require files. See -http://wiki.exim.org/FAQ/General_Debugging/Q0060 for more information. - -This should be modified if you're using the vhosts USE flag, specifically you -need to modify the location of the config.pck file, to be -${lc::$local_part}-${lc::$domain} instead of simply ${lc::$local_part}, and for the -transport you need to change the last part of the command in the same fashion. - -Other Helpful things to know... -------------------------------- -run "bin/check_perms -f" from the root mailman directory -(/usr/lib/mailman) to check and fix permission problems. - -The INSTALL file is located in /usr/share/doc/mailman-$VERSION/ - -Postfix notes -------------- -If you're using Postfix, don't manually change your /etc/mail/aliases -file, as described above. Instead, follow these instructions: - -http://list.org/mailman-install/node13.html - -This will set up Mailman and Postfix to automatically generate the new -aliases when you create new lists. It will also make sure that Postfix -uses the correct group ID when it's talking to Mailman, otherwise you -will get security errors from Mailman. -