[Mailman-Developers] Overhauled 'Exim and Mailman' doc

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu> writes:

    >> Is the document Exim specific, or can you write it to be
    >> somewhat agnostic towards the mta?

    JCL> It is absurdly MTA specific.  There's really not much choice
    JCL> about that -- TMDA really needs to get into the mail system
    JCL> at a level just above acceptance and just below delivery, and
    JCL> that level is quite MTA specific.  Achieving the same ends
    JCL> under Postfix requires bleeding edge features of Postfix
    JCL> (we;ll, bleeding edge when I did the HOW-TO, I've not checked
    JCL> since then) and resorting to sub-domains and other gross
    JCL> perturbations of a mail system.  I've not looked at what
    JCL> would be needed for Sendmail.  Jason M of TMDA fame at one
    JCL> point said he'd write a QMail based HOW-TO, but I haven't
    JCL> noticed that go by yet.

Gotcha.

    >> If so, I'd be happy to add a README.TMDA, or point to any
    >> documentation in the TMDA web pages.

    JCL> There's a FAQ entry:

    JCL> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.007.htp

    JCL> It needs updating for Exim4 and newer revs of TMDA, but I'm a
    JCL> mite short of time for that.

The FAQ entry is certainly extensive!  If you do get it updated and
can distill it out of html, I'd be happy to add a README if you want.

-Barry