[Mailman-Users] aliases file does not be changed ???

[claw at kanga.nu]

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On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:57:18 +0900 
Kim JungSu <bldl at classic.korea.ac.kr> wrote:

> I installed mailman-1.1.  but I can not start it.  After I perform
> 'newlist' command, aliases file does not changed.

This is correct.  `newlist` does not edit or change the aliases
file.  It is up to you to do that manually. 

Why?

Different MTAs have different standards for handling alias files,
and additionally different sites may (and often do) have very
different configurations for the location and handling of their
alias files.

In fact, there's an Exim stanza wandering about right now done by
Nick Moffit that avoids the need entirely for an alias file for
MailMan, but rather has Exim observe the presence of a
~mailman/lists/<listname>/config.db file and therefor determine that
the list exists and all the addresses it needs.  Quite a cute job
really.  No alias file to update, but idential operation.

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