I don't know qmail. However I think all email programs on *nix will use /etc/aliases.
You do not use fetchmail unless by remote you mean a server you do not administer. Can you set up an alias on the remote server? I think you'll have to put more details into describing what you are doing to get appropriate assistance. The question on how to do this with 2 servers you do have full access to is already well documented, I think. On 5/2/07, Meenal Pant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Donald and Mark for your help. A few more queries... > I want to set up a remote SMTP server using qmail and use it for both > inbound and outbound. > > So what kind of aliases do I require for sendmail and qmail on the > remote smtp server to forward the messages on to the mailman server. Are > these to be defined in /etc/aliases on the remote smtp server ? Also, do > I need to run fetchmail on the mailman server to fetch messages from the > remote smtp server ? > Many thanks > Meenal > D G Teed wrote: > > Do you mean a remote SMTP server for inbound or outbound? > > List aliases only need to be known on the inbound MX server > > and on mailman server itself. > > > > The aliases on the mailman server would look like the kind > > you see if you run the newlist command for a new list or > > run genaliases. They pipe each email to the mailman program > > with an argument. > > > > The aliases on the inbound MX server are the sort which > > forward [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If you are using postfix, you might need to work with the > > transport file to deliver email to the subdomain > > mailman.yourdomain.com <http://mailman.yourdomain.com> > > (where mailman is the name of your mailman server and yourdomain.com > > <http://yourdomain.com> > > is the name of your domain). > > > > > > On 5/1/07, *Meenal Pant* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi , > > I want to set up mailman to use a remote smtp server. How to achieve > > this ? I am having trouble understanding how to set up list aliases > in > > /etc/alias in particular? > > Thanks > > Meenal > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users mailing list > > Mailman-Users@python.org <mailto:Mailman-Users@python.org> > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users> > > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > > Searchable Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/> > > Unsubscribe: > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/donald.teed%40gmail.com > > > > Security Policy: > > > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > > < > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
