Re: [Mailman-Users] Multiple instances of Mailman on FreeBSD

[Brad Knowles]

Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:

I'm posting this to both the mailman-users list and the freebsd-ports 
list.  I realize that not all follow-up will make it to both lists.


I would like to set up multiple instances of Mailman on a FreeBSD 
7-STABLE system with using Postfix.  Looking at the ports Makefile, it 
appears that if I set MM_DIR=mailman/vhosts/domain-for-this-instance 
everything should work file (plus add FORCE_PACKAGE_REGISTER allow this 
second instance to be installed.)


Personally, I wouldn't use the ports version if you want to do multiple 
instances of Mailman.  I would install each version from our official source 
tarballs that you can download from www.list.org and ftp.gnu.org.


Alternatively, if you want to use the ports version, then I would keep it 
simple and serve only one domain.



Otherwise, I would recommend that you find the port maintainer for Mailman, 
and discuss this subject with them.  Hopefully, they would know enough about 
both sides of the problem to be able to recommend a solution or patch for you.


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Re: [Mailman-Users] Multiple instances of Mailman on FreeBSD

[Jeffrey Goldberg]

On Aug 12, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:


Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
I would like to set up multiple instances of Mailman on a FreeBSD 7- 
STABLE system with using Postfix.


Personally, I wouldn't use the [FreeBSD] ports version if you want  
to do multiple instances of Mailman.  I would install each version  
from our official source tarballs that you can download from www.list.org 
 and ftp.gnu.org.


The FreeBSD Ports version contains a couple of patches which might be  
useful, though some are merely cosmetic.  It also knows how to find  
the right gid and uid for working with various MTAs.  Postfix, as we  
know, is finicky, and this port really does help people get it right.


Otherwise, I would recommend that you find the port maintainer for  
Mailman, and discuss this subject with them.


Already on the cc-line

Anyway, what I have found is that if I manually edit the ports/mail/ 
mailman/Makefile to change


 #MM_DIR?=   mailman
 MM_DIR?=mailman/vhosts/lists.wilson-pta.org

The install works as expected, even though when I specified -DMM_DIR  
on the command line it worked for some purposes (built files contained  
the correct string in them) but not for other purposes (the files  
installed in the wrong place).  So I suspect that the install stage  
must re-read the Makefile.


So I do now have this other instance installed.  One thing that I (and  
others doing things this way) will have to take care of is the startup  
script, /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman, for the queue runner.  This  
installation did overwrite the original.  So I'm either going to have  
to manually combine these in one startup script or set up a separate  
script for each instance.  I'm sure that there will be other things to  
watch out for as well.  I hope to contribute to the Wiki on this once  
I've got everything running.


Let me just say that I am eagerly looking forward to Mailman 3.

Cheers,

-j


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