On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:27:29AM -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Roger Lynn wrote: > >Exim doesn't know what to do with mail to mailman-loop (documented at > >http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2001-December/000032.html > >) on my machine. I'm guessing this is because the instructions at > >http://www.list.org/mailman-install/ and > >http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html don't mention mailman-loop. > > > >What do I need to add to tell Exim how to handle this alias? I presume > >it would be an addition to the router. > > No. It would not be an addition to the Mailman router because the > associated transport doesn't do the right thing. > > Just add the > > mailman-loop: /usr/local/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox > > alias to /etc/aliases and the system aliases router will take care of > it. The site list name and/or (standard default) path above may need > adjustment for your installation. I.e. if your site list were named > 'site_list' instead of 'mailman' the address above would be > site_list-loop, and the path needs to point to Mailman's data/ > directory (possibly /etc/mailman/data in Debian). Also, you need to > make sure that Exim's system aliases user:group can write to > owner-bounces.mbox
Is the necessity of adding the above line doumented anywhere in the installation instructions? The equivalent in Debian is mailman-loop: /var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox However Debian's default Exim configuration doesn't allow delivery to files in /etc/aliases. The "Debian way" to do this would be to create an Exim router and transport pair which would have the appropriate permissions to deliver to the file. I have posted to a Debian bug on this subject at http://bugs.debian.org/562700#50 If I get around to adding the router/transport (it shouldn't be difficult) I will post my results to that bug. Thanks, Roger Lynn ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
