[Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains

[Jon Carnes]

Is the Masquerading option turned on in your sendmail.cf?
----- Original Message -----
From: "JvdW" <r2d2 at yebo.co.za>
To: "Rabinowitz, Ari (Exchange)" <ari at bear.com>; "mailman-users"
<mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains


> My DNS is set up so that hostname.domain.com points to a A record. The
> virtual domain, mylist.anotherdomain.com is also set up with a A record
> pointing to the machines ip. No cnames. What bothers me is the fact that
if I
> change the "This list" or "Explicit address" to anything other than to
> domains set up in sendmail.cw then the reply to address is exactly what I
> specified. The reply to poster also works fine.
>
> l8r
> JvdW
>
> On Tuesday 19 March 2002 17:47, Rabinowitz, Ari (Exchange) wrote:
> > It depends on how the virtual host name is defined.  If it is a CNAME
> > pointing to the actual host name then sendmail, and many other MTAs,
will
> > change the name to the actual host name in the envelope (and sometimes
in
> > the header) From address.  If it is defined with an A record pointing to
> > the same IP address as the other host name (or a virtual IP address of
its
> > own) then sendmail shouldn't be changing the From address.
> >
> > Ari
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kelly Corbin [mailto:kcorbin at theiqgroup.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:37 AM
> > To: JvdW; mailman-users
> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains
> >
> >
> > It appears to be a Sendmail question.  I have the same problem, as well
> > as many other people on this list.  If someone has a simple answer, it
> > should go in the FAQ.  I did a lot of looking yesterday, but never found
> > an answer.  Surely _someone_ has figured this out...
> >
> > JvdW wrote:
> > > I do have the domain in "Host name this list prefers". Could this be a
> > > sendmail issue?
> > >
> > > l8r
> > > Jvdw
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 19 March 2002 16:50, Jon Carnes wrote:
> > >>Web-admin interface, General options page, "Host name this list
prefers"
> > >>(near the bottom of the web page).
> > >>Put in "lists.anotherdomain.com" (to use your info from message
below).
> > >>
> > >>Jon Carnes
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: "JvdW" <r2d2 at yebo.co.za>
> > >>To: "Mailman - Mailinglist" <mailman-users at python.org>
> > >>Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:41 AM
> > >>Subject: [Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains
> > >>
> > >>>Hi
> > >>>
> > >>>I've just installed mailman and using sendmail as the mta. I created
a
> > >>>testlist called testlist at mylist.domain.com(mylist.domain.com is what
> > >>
> > >>sendmail
> > >>
> > >>>is set up with as the default domain) which works fine as well as
> > >>>list2 at lists.anotherdomain.com. As needed I added the
> > >>
> > >>lists.anotherdomain.com
> > >>
> > >>>to the sendmail.cw file so that sendmail knows it has to listen for
for
> > >>
> > >>that
> > >>
> > >>>domain. All works well, but the problem I'm having is the reply to
> > >>
> > >>address.
> > >>
> > >>>When I set the list up so that the reply to address is the same as
the
> > >>
> > >>list
> > >>
> > >>>name, the address I get is list2 at hostname.domain.com. If I use
explicit
> > >>>address and put the list2 at lists.anotherdomain.com in, it still shows
> > >>>lists2 at hostname.domain.com, but if I put anything else in there like
> > >>>johndoe at domain.com, the reply to address is exactly that. Hope this
> > >>> makes sense... :)
> > >>>
> > >>>Any idea how I can fix this? I know that if you have the same
listname
> > >>> at different domains, then you have to set up another mailman server
> > >>> for it,
> > >>
> > >>but
> > >>
> > >>>this is different list names at different domains.
> > >>>
> > >>>Any help would be appreciated.
> > >>>
> > >>>Regards
> > >>>JvdW
> > >>>
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