Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Michael Grimm: Dear all, I want to do the following with postfix: A user sends an email to an internal postfix server (smtp.network.local) The E-Mail is addressed to lis...@externaldomain.org Postfix now needs to forward the E-Mail to a predefined list of external email accounts depending

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org: Any mailing list manager that works with Postfix (or Sendmail, etc.) will do the job. A relatively popular example is mailman. http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html If you need less, you could use wimp (by SnertSoft). It works OK! -- Ralf

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* Ralf Hildebrandt postfix-users@postfix.org: * Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org: Any mailing list manager that works with Postfix (or Sendmail, etc.) will do the job. A relatively popular example is mailman. http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html If you need less, you

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Michael Grimm
Thanks for the advice. I have downloaded, compiled and installed wimp, but I don't understand how to integrate it into my postfix installation. I have found this in the documentation but feel a little bit left alone after trying to understand it. Postfix apparently supports a similar mechanism to

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Michael Grimm
Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality? The distribution lists are very static and do not require adjustments very often. Kind regards Michael

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Victoriano Giralt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On 13/12/10 15:24, Michael Grimm wrote: Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality? The distribution lists are very static and do not require adjustments very often. You can use a lookup table

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:24:03PM +0100, Michael Grimm wrote: Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality? The distribution lists are very static and do not require adjustments very often. /etc/aliases? :) Ray

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Gaby Vanhegan
On 13 Dec 2010, at 14:29, Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:24:03PM +0100, Michael Grimm wrote: Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality? The distribution lists are very static and do not require adjustments very often.

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Michael Grimm: Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality? The distribution lists are very static and do not require adjustments very often. The low-tech solution: /etc/aliases: # The mailing list foobar is implemented as an :include: #

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Michael Grimm
I like that approach. How do I then address the list from my email client? foo...@smtp.network.local? Kind regards Michael 2010/12/13 Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org: Michael Grimm: Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality? The distribution

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Michael Grimm: Is there maybe an even more simple approach to this using standard postfix functionality The distribution lists are very static and do not require adjustments very often. Wietse: The low-tech solution: /etc/aliases: # The mailing list foobar is implemented as an :include:

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Michael Grimm
That's not what I meant. Perhaps the question was to basic even for low-tech ;-) When a user uses his email client, what address does he need to enter to send something to the list? I thought that /etc/aliases is for local delivery only. Michael To update the list from a mail client, use a

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Michael Grimm: That's not what I meant. Perhaps the question was to basic even for low-tech ;-) When a user uses his email client, what address does he need to enter to send something to the list? You send mail to aliasn...@any.domain.name.in.mydestination, after you arrange for suitable DNS

Re: Distribution lists with Postfix

2010-12-13 Thread mouss
Le 13/12/2010 15:15, Michael Grimm a écrit : Thanks for the advice. I have downloaded, compiled and installed wimp, but I don't understand how to integrate it into my postfix installation. try mailman or sympa. both are freely available, documented and in wide use. snertsoft software isn't