On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 01:43:01PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 05/25/2017 10:59 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 04:00:37PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > >> just leave the choice to the user and let him do it by hand. > > > > It is the "add an user _by hand_" that I want to avoid. > > There's no way to avoid it, since this is a very specific way to use > MLMMJ (ie: using a single mlmmj system account isn't the way when doing > virtual hosting). > > >> I believe here, you're maybe too much influenced by bad practice with > >> less good list manager, like mailman, maybe? > > > > Both http://mlmmj.org/docs/readme-exim4/ and > > http://mlmmj.org/docs/readme-postfix/ > > say to create a mlmmj user. > > This is *one way* to do things, yes.
Those who want to use that mlmmj user will benefit from the "postinst adduser". > > What would an acceptable place for inclusion of > > > > adduser --system --quiet \ > > --home /var/spool/mlmmj --no-create-home \ > > --shell /bin/false --ingroup mlmmj \ > > --gecos "Mailing List Management Made Joyful" \ > > mlmmj > > I don't think so. > Thing I miss in this discussion is how a mlmmj user is harming other workflows. Could the virtual hosting workflow / setup be elaborated? Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

