[Mailman-Users] no delivery of list postings
Amanda
arandall at auntminnie.com
Tue Aug 28 19:04:43 CEST 2001
This may or may not apply to debian and/or exim - but for what it's worth,
remote mail on my system was getting eaten until I edited the tcp-env line
in hosts.allow. My original install notes with my MTA (IIRC) had me put
"localhost" in that line, but it did not work until I *also* added
127.0.0.1. (Logical? No, not really, but it worked...) Mail other than
mailman (straight through the MTA) was getting through just fine; only the
mailman mail was vanishing into the ether.
::shrug::
=)
Amanda
Fabian Linzberger wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am running a debian potato server using apache as webserver and exim
> as mta. I have installed mailman 2.0.6 according to the instructions
> found on www.list.org also I added configurations for exim according to
> the exim/mailman howto, the tests on the bottom of the howto all worked
> fine.
>
> We have several domain names pointing to this server: the main host name
> is granul.at, whereas the one that is used to access mailman lists is
> slp.at.
>
> All the Webpages and scripts seem to work fine (I can create a test
> list, subscribe people to it, they get a welcome message, listinfo is
> there...), however if I post a message to the list or list-admin it
> disappears without further notice. The mailman logs are empty and exim
> only says:
>
> 2001-08-28 06:20:40 15binG-0004M7-00 => test2 <test2-admin at granul.at>
> D=list_admin_dire
> ctor T=list_admin_transport
> 2001-08-28 06:20:40 15binG-0004M7-00 Completed
>
> (the same without admin for the list posting case)
> There is no further delivery to any real-adresses...
>
> This also happens regardless of posting to test at slp.at or test at granul.at
> (test beeing the list name).
>
> I assume there is some problem with the director or transport, since
> this is the last trace that my messages leave before disappearing...
>
> I have included the exim.conf and slp.at.aliases file for your
> reference.
>
> If you need other info, please tell me and I will try to provide it.
>
> thanks a lot
> Fabian
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> slp.at.aliases
>
> # generally, forward all to user slp (we need this because we have
> another host with dialup connection using fetchmail to deliver most
> messages, who retrieves them from account slp, I don't think it is the
> problem since nothing changes if I comment it out...)
>
> *:slp
>
> # users not to be forwarded to slp
> root:somerealaddress at somewhere.net
>
> # system users
> mailman: root
> mailman-owner: root
> mailman-request: root
>
> !!other system daemon aliases and user aliases ommitted for brevity...
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> exim.conf
>
> # This is the main exim configuration file.
> # It was originally generated by `eximconfig', part of the exim package
> # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system
> administrator.
> # This file originally generated by eximconfig at Mon Jun 18 10:16:53
> PDT 2001
> # See exim info section for details of the things that can be configured
> here.
>
> # Please see the manual for a complete list
> # of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a
> # configuration file.
>
> # This file is divided into several parts, all but the last of which are
> # terminated by a line containing the word "end". The parts must appear
> # in the correct order, and all must be present (even if some of them
> are
> # in fact empty). Blank lines, and lines starting with # are ignored.
>
> ######################################################################
> # MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
> ######################################################################
>
> # Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses
> # here. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local callers by
> # default. See the receiver_unqualified_{hosts,nets} options if you want
> # to permit unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is
> # not set, the primary_hostname value is used for qualification.
>
> qualify_domain = granul.at
>
> # If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a
> different
> # domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain
> here.
> # If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used.
>
> # qualify_recipient =
>
> # Specify your local domains as a colon-separated list here. If this
> option
> # is not set (i.e. not mentioned in the configuration file), the
> # qualify_recipient value is used as the only local domain. If you do
> not want
> # to do any local deliveries, uncomment the following line, but do not
> supply
> # any data for it. This sets local_domains to an empty string, which is
> not
> # the same as not mentioning it at all. An empty string specifies that
> there
> # are no local domains; not setting it at all causes the default value
> (the
> # setting of qualify_recipient) to be used.
>
> local_domains = slp.at:localhost:granul.at:lists.granul.at
> # local_domains = /etc/exim.domains
>
> # Allow mail addressed to our hostname, or to our IP address.
>
> local_domains_include_host = true
> local_domains_include_host_literals = true
>
> # Domains we relay for; that is domains that aren't considered local but
> we
> # accept mail for them.
>
> #relay_domains =
>
> # If this is uncommented, we accept and relay mail for all domains we
> are
> # in the DNS as an MX for.
>
> #relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
>
> # No local deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a
> colon-
> # separated list). An attempt to do so gets changed so that it runs
> under the
> # uid of "nobody" instead. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note the
> default
> # setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it were
> a
> # normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias
> for
> # root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.
>
> never_users = root
>
> # The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all
> incoming
> # IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too
> # expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or
> # remove the setting entirely.
>
> host_lookup = *
>
> # The setting below would, if uncommented, cause Exim to check the
> syntax of
> # all the headers that are supposed to contain email addresses (To:,
> From:,
> # etc). This reduces the level of bounced bounces considerably.
>
> # headers_check_syntax
>
> # Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that is
> being
> # maintained as part of the DNS. See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for
> # background. Uncommenting the following line will make Exim reject mail
> # from any host whose IP address is blacklisted in the RBL at
> maps.vix.com.
>
> rbl_domains = rbl.maps.vix.com
> rbl_reject_recipients = false
> rbl_warn_header = true
>
> # The setting below allows your host to be used as a mail relay only by
> # localhost: it locks out the use of your host as a mail relay by any
> # other host. See the section of the manual entitled "Control of
> relaying"
> # for more info.
>
> host_accept_relay = localhost
>
> # If you want Exim to support the "percent hack" for all your local
> domains,
> # uncomment the following line. This is the feature by which mail
> addressed
> # to x%y at z (where z is one of your local domains) is locally rerouted to
> # x at y and sent on. Otherwise x%y is treated as an ordinary local part
>
> # percent_hack_domains=*
>
> # If this option is set, then any process that is running as one of the
> # listed users may pass a message to Exim and specify the sender's
> # address using the "-f" command line option, without Exim's adding a
> # "Sender" header.
>
> trusted_users = mail
>
> # If this option is true, the SMTP command VRFY is supported on incoming
> # SMTP connections; otherwise it is not.
>
> smtp_verify = true
>
> # added for mailman, fs
> receiver_verify_hosts = !127.0.0.1/8:0.0.0.0/0
> sender_verify
>
> # Some operating systems use the "gecos" field in the system password
> file
> # to hold other information in addition to users' real names. Exim looks
> up
> # this field when it is creating "sender" and "from" headers. If these
> options
> # are set, exim uses "gecos_pattern" to parse the gecos field, and then
> # expands "gecos_name" as the user's name. $1 etc refer to sub-fields
> matched
> # by the pattern.
>
> gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*)
> gecos_name = $1
>
> # This sets the maximum number of messages that will be accepted in one
> # connection. The default is 10, which is probably enough for most
> purposes,
> # but is too low on dialup SMTP systems, which often have many more
> mails
> # queued for them when they connect.
>
> smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100
>
> # Send a mail to the postmaster when a message is frozen. There are many
> # reasons this could happen; one is if exim cannot deliver a mail with
> no
> # return address (normally a bounce) another that may be common on
> dialup
> # systems is if a DNS lookup of a smarthost fails. Read the
> documentation
> # for more details: you might like to look at the auto_thaw option
>
> freeze_tell_mailmaster = true
>
> # This string defines the contents of the \`Received' message header
> that
> # is added to each message, except for the timestamp, which is
> automatically
> # added on at the end, preceded by a semicolon. The string is expanded
> each
> # time it is used.
>
> received_header_text = "Received: \
> ${if def:sender_rcvhost {from ${sender_rcvhost}\n\t}\
> {${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} }}\
> ${if def:sender_helo_name {(helo=${sender_helo_name})\n\t}}}}\
> by ${primary_hostname} \
> ${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} \
> (Exim ${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t\
> id ${message_id}\
> ${if def:received_for {\n\tfor <$received_for>}}"
>
> # -- added for mailman, fs
> # home dir for mailman
> MAILMAN_HOME=/var/lib/mailman
> # wrapper script for mailman
> MAILMAN_WRAP=MAILMAN_HOME/mail/wrapper
> # user and group for mailman
> MAILMAN_UID=mail
> MAILMAN_GID=mail
>
> end
>
> ######################################################################
> # TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
> ######################################################################
> # ORDER DOES NOT MATTER #
> # Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. #
> ######################################################################
>
> # This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes. On debian
> # systems group mail is used so we can write to the /var/spool/mail
> # directory. (The alternative, which most other unixes use, is to
> deliver
> # as the user's own group, into a sticky-bitted directory)
>
> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> group = mail
> mode = 0660
> mode_fail_narrower = false
> envelope_to_add = true
> file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
>
> # This transport is used for handling pipe addresses generated by
> # alias or .forward files. If the pipe generates any standard output,
> # it is returned to the sender of the message as a delivery error. Set
> # return_fail_output instead if you want this to happen only when the
> # pipe fails to complete normally.
>
> address_pipe:
> driver = pipe
> return_output
>
> # This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias
> # or .forward files.
>
> address_file:
> driver = appendfile
>
> # This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias
> # or .forward files if the path ends in "/", which causes it to be
> treated
> # as a directory name rather than a file name. Each message is then
> delivered
> # to a unique file in the directory. If instead you want all such
> deliveries to
> # be in the "maildir" format that is used by some other mail software,
> # uncomment the final option below. If this is done, the directory
> specified
> # in the .forward or alias file is the base maildir directory.
> #
> # Should you want to be able to specify either maildir or non-maildir
> # directory-style deliveries, then you must set up yet another
> transport,
> # called address_directory2. This is used if the path ends in "//" so
> should
> # be the one used for maildir, as the double slash suggests another
> level
> # of directory. In the absence of address_directory2, paths ending in //
> # are passed to address_directory.
>
> address_directory:
> driver = appendfile
> no_from_hack
> prefix = ""
> suffix = ""
> # maildir_format
>
> # This transport is used for handling autoreplies generated by the
> filtering
> # option of the forwardfile director.
>
> address_reply:
> driver = autoreply
>
> # This transport is used for procmail
>
> procmail_pipe:
> driver = pipe
> command = "/usr/bin/procmail -d ${local_part}"
> return_path_add
> delivery_date_add
> envelope_to_add
> check_string = "From "
> escape_string = ">From "
> user = $local_part
> group = mail
>
> # This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
>
> remote_smtp:
> driver = smtp
>
> # added for mailmain, fs
> ## Three transports for list mail, request mail and admin mail
> ## respectively
> ## Mailman is installed in MAILMAN_HOME
> ## Mailman is configured to be invoked as user mail
> list_transport:
> driver = pipe
> command = MAILMAN_WRAP post ${lc:$local_part}
> current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
> home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
> user = MAILMAN_UID
> group = MAILMAN_GID
>
> list_request_transport:
> driver = pipe
> command = MAILMAN_WRAP mailcmd ${lc:$local_part}
> current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
> home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
> user = MAILMAN_UID
> group = MAILMAN_GID
>
> list_admin_transport:
> driver = pipe
> command = MAILMAN_WRAP mailowner ${lc:$local_part}
> current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
> home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
> user = MAILMAN_UID
> group = MAILMAN_GID
>
> end
>
> ######################################################################
> # DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION #
> # Specifies how local addresses are handled #
> ######################################################################
> # ORDER DOES MATTER #
> # A local address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
> ######################################################################
>
> # This allows local delivery to be forced, avoiding alias files and
> # forwarding.
>
> real_local:
> prefix = real-
> driver = localuser
> transport = local_delivery
>
> # added for mailman, fs
> ## First 2 directors rewrite list-owner or owner-list to list-admin
> ## This is only done if the list exists.
> ## List existence checks are done by seeing if the file
> ## MAILMAN_HOME/lists//config.db
> ## exists.
> list_owner_director:
> driver = smartuser
> require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
> suffix = "-owner"
> new_address = "${lc:$local_part}-admin@${domain}"
>
> owner_list_director:
> driver = smartuser
> require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
> prefix = "owner-"
> new_address = "${lc:$local_part}-admin@${domain}"
>
> ## Next 3 directors direct admin, request and list mail to the
> appropriate
> ## transport.List existence is checked as above.
> list_admin_director:
> driver = smartuser
> suffix = -admin
> require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
> transport = list_admin_transport
>
> list_request_director:
> driver = smartuser
> suffix = -request
> require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
> transport = list_request_transport
>
> list_director:
> driver = smartuser
> require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
> transport = list_transport
>
> # This director handles aliasing using a traditional /etc/aliases file.
> # If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set
> # up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do
> # this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name
> # as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary.
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = aliasfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> file = /etc/exim.domains/$domain.aliases
> search_type = lsearch*
> user = list
> # Uncomment the above line if you are running smartlist
>
> # This director runs procmail for users who have a .procmailrc file
>
> procmail:
> driver = localuser
> transport = procmail_pipe
> require_files =
> ${local_part}:+${home}:+${home}/.procmailrc:+/usr/bin/procmail
> no_verify
>
> # This director handles forwarding using traditional .forward files.
> # It also allows mail filtering when a forward file starts with the
> # string "# Exim filter": to disable filtering, uncomment the "filter"
> # option. The check_ancestor option means that if the forward file
> # generates an address that is an ancestor of the current one, the
> # current one gets passed on instead. This covers the case where A is
> # aliased to B and B has a .forward file pointing to A.
>
> # For standard debian setup of one group per user, it is
> acceptable---normal
> # even---for .forward to be group writable. If you have everyone in one
> # group, you should comment out the "modemask" line. Without it, the
> exim
> # default of 022 will apply, which is probably what you want.
>
> userforward:
> driver = forwardfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> reply_transport = address_reply
> no_verify
> check_ancestor
> file = .forward
> modemask = 002
> filter
>
> # This director matches local user mailboxes.
>
> localuser:
> driver = localuser
> transport = local_delivery
>
> end
>
> ######################################################################
> # ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
> # Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
> ######################################################################
> # ORDER DOES MATTER #
> # A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
> ######################################################################
>
> # Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
> # in the "local_domains" setting above.
>
> # This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP using a DNS lookup with
> # default options.
>
> lookuphost:
> driver = lookuphost
> transport = remote_smtp
>
> # This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP by explicit IP address,
> # given as a "domain literal" in the form [nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn]. The RFCs
> # require this facility, which is why it is enabled by default in Exim.
> # If you want to lock it out, set forbid_domain_literals in the main
> # configuration section above.
>
> literal:
> driver = ipliteral
> transport = remote_smtp
>
> end
>
> ######################################################################
> # RETRY CONFIGURATION #
> ######################################################################
>
> # This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It
> specifies
> # retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals,
> # starting at 2 hours and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to
> 16
> # hours, then retries every 8 hours until 4 days have passed since the
> first
> # failed delivery.
>
> # Domain Error Retries
> # ------ ----- -------
>
> * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
>
> end
>
> ######################################################################
> # REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
> ######################################################################
>
> # There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration
> file.
>
> # This rewriting rule is particularly useful for dialup users who
> # don't have their own domain, but could be useful for anyone.
> # It looks up the real address of all local users in a file
>
> #*@granul.at ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
> # {$value}fail} bcfrF
> *@*.granul.at $1 at granul.at Ffrs
>
> # End of Exim configuration file
>
> --
> Fabian Linzberger - fabian at slp.at - (0699/1)9568768
> Fighting for Socialism: www.worldsocialist-cwi.org - www.slp.at
> Do yourself a favor - use and support Debian/GNU Linux
>
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