[Mailman-Users] 2.0.6, postfix, and MTA var

[J C Lawrence]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:24:41 -0800 (PST) 
vjl  <vjl at www.seweb.uci.edu> wrote:

> Hi all, According to the 'README.POSTFIX' docs on CVS, there is a
> variable called, "MTA" that one can add to one's mm_cfg.py
> file. This, along with other steps, would allow Mailman to
> automaticly change its local alias file and when postfix notices
> it, postfix would then allow incoming mail to these aliases. This
> would mean that one doesn't have to manually input the aliases
> into Mailman's local alias each time one adds/deletes a list.

This is 2.1 specific.

However, you do not *need* an alias file.  While its a little more
difficult than under Exim, you can configure Postfix to not need an
alias file for Mailman lists at all.  Search the list archives (I
think for -developers) for instructions.
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