The MTA is postfix. The file in question is /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases which, according to what I've read, is created from aliases.db. The interesting thing is, virtual-mailman *is* updated correctly from virtual-mailman.db while aliases is not.
Mailman was installed long before I got here, but I'm assuming it was installed via the standard package installer when Ubuntu was originally built a few years ago. I also recognize I'm not running the latest Ubuntu or Mailman. Here's the perms on those four files: -rw-rw---- 1 root list 6725 2012-03-28 19:07 aliases -rw-rw---- 1 list list 12288 2012-03-28 19:07 aliases.db -rw-rw---- 1 root list 5830 2012-03-28 19:07 virtual-mailman -rw-r----- 1 root list 12288 2012-03-28 19:07 virtual-mailman.db On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:52:45 +0900, you wrote: >On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Steve Matzura <sm...@noisynotes.com> wrote: > >> "user unknown in virtual mailbox table". My question is, why doesn't >> the web interface create new list feature update the aliases file? > >What aliases file? Exim, for example, doesn't need one at all. There >are many MTAs, there are many different ways to configure them to >deliver to lists. > >> Is this a bug or a feature, > >It's a missing feature in your MTA. :-) As I wrote, there are MTAs >that can be configured to automatically deliver to mailing lists (eg, >Exim is told to look for a $LIST.cfg file, and if that is found, it >delivers to "| mailman post $LIST" or something like that). > >> or is there something I should put into >> mm_cfg.py to enable this, similar to >> owners-may-delete-their-own-lists? > >We likely can help you, but you'll need to tell us exactly what MTA >you use, and how it's currently configured. If you are using a >OS-distro-provided Mailman, tell us what distro and the full version >number of the Mailman package. If you built from source, tell us >that. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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
