[Mailman-Users] Problem with Exim and Mailman

[Milos Rancic]

Hello to everybody,

I sent two messages to Exim users mailing list two days ago, but there
are no answers to my questions. I think that my problem is Exim problem,
but maybe you have some experience with my problem. I compiled two of
my messages to Exim users list. Everything is below.

Best,
Milos



I tried to configure Mailman with Exim. I have SuSE 8.2, Exim 4.12 and
Mailman 2.1.1.

The problem is: (1) I can send mail wherever I want (I am using this
Exim to comunicate with you). (2) Mailman can send mail only to local
domains. (3) If username is the same as the list name, Exim does
forwarding mail to Mailman as mail is for it.

Logs from /var/log/exim/main.log is:

1) The situation when Exim doesn't want to accept Mailman's mail:

2003-07-19 07:34:49 19dkMr-0000Nu-00 <= millosh at users.sourceforge.net
H=(Mussaurus.BelMobile.co.yu) [80.93.234.155] P=esmtp S=1002
id=1058592660.12882.265.camel at Mussaurus.BelMobile.co.yu
2003-07-19 07:34:49 19dkMr-0000Nu-00 => kontrapunkt
<kontrapunkt at liste.anarhija.org> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport
2003-07-19 07:34:49 19dkMr-0000Nu-00 Completed
2003-07-19 07:36:32 H=localhost (Brontosaurus.millosh.org) [::1]
F=<kontrapunkt-bounces+rata=beotel.yu at liste.anarhija.org> rejected RCPT
<rata at beotel.yu>
2003-07-19 07:36:32 H=localhost (Brontosaurus.millosh.org) [::1]
F=<kontrapunkt-bounces+millosh=users.sourceforge.net at liste.anarhija.org>
rejected RCPT <millosh at users.sourceforge.net>
2003-07-19 07:36:33 H=localhost (Brontosaurus.millosh.org) [::1]
F=<kontrapunkt-bounces+kontrapunkt=fastmail.fm at liste.anarhija.org>
rejected RCPT <kontrapunkt at fastmail.fm>
2003-07-19 07:36:33 H=localhost (Brontosaurus.millosh.org) [::1]
F=<kontrapunkt-bounces+rata=beotel.yu at liste.anarhija.org> rejected RCPT
<rata at beotel.yu>
2003-07-19 07:36:33 H=localhost (Brontosaurus.millosh.org) [::1]
F=<kontrapunkt-bounces+millosh=users.sourceforge.net at liste.anarhija.org>
rejected RCPT <millosh at users.sourceforge.net>

2) The situation when Exim sends mail to Mailman even domain is not the
same:

2003-07-19 06:08:30 19dj1K-00000e-00 <= millosh at users.sourceforge.net
H=(Mussaurus.BelMobile.co.yu) [80.93.234.155] P=esmtp S=557
id=1058587482.12883.236.camel at Mussaurus.BelMobile.co.yu
2003-07-19 06:08:30 19dj1K-00000e-00 => kontrapunkt
<kontrapunkt at fastmail.fm> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport
2003-07-19 06:08:30 19dj1K-00000e-00 Completed

Hm. I was trying and trying and it seems that I don't see some very
clear thing in Exim's configuration. I was working with Postfix
before...

Exim configuration is below. I think that it is not necessary to send
Mailman configuration, too. It is almost default SuSE configuration
(i.e. Exim maintainers' configuration because SuSE doesn't configure
Exim) with definitions which was written in Mailman's manual for Exim.

The main domain in configuration is 'millosh.org' and the list domain is
'liste.anarhija.org'.

primary_hostname = Brontosaurus.millosh.org
domainlist local_domains = @ : millosh.org : belmobile.co.yu :
anarhija.org : liste.anarhija.org : *.anarhija.org
domainlist relay_to_domains =
hostlist   relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 80.93.234.128/27 : 10.0.1.0/24
acl_smtp_rcpt = acl_check_rcpt
never_users = root
host_lookup = *
rfc1413_hosts = *
rfc1413_query_timeout = 30s
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
timeout_frozen_after = 7d
MAILMAN_HOME=/var/lib/mailman
MAILMAN_WRAP=/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman
MAILMAN_USER=mailman
MAILMAN_GROUP=mailman
begin acl
acl_check_rcpt:
  accept  hosts = :
  deny    local_parts   = ^.*[@%!/|] : ^\\.
  accept  local_parts   = postmaster
          domains       = +local_domains
  require verify        = sender
  accept  domains       = +local_domains
          endpass
          message       = unknown user
          verify        = recipient
  accept  domains       = +relay_to_domains
          endpass
          message       = unrouteable address
          verify        = recipient
  accept  hosts         = +relay_from_hosts
  accept  domains       = liste.anarhija.org
  accept  hosts         = 127.0.0.1
  accept  authenticated = *
  deny    message       = relay not permitted
begin routers
mailman_router:
  driver = accept
  require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck
  local_part_suffix_optional
  local_part_suffix = -bounces : -bounces+* : \
                      -confirm+* : -join : -leave : \
                      -owner : -request : -admin
  transport = mailman_transport
dnslookup:
  driver = dnslookup
  domains = ! +local_domains
  transport = remote_smtp
  ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
  no_more
system_aliases:
  driver = redirect
  allow_fail
  allow_defer
  data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
  file_transport = address_file
  pipe_transport = address_pipe
userforward:
  driver = redirect
  check_local_user
  file = $home/.forward
  no_verify
  no_expn
  check_ancestor
  file_transport = address_file
  pipe_transport = address_pipe
  reply_transport = address_reply
localuser:
  driver = accept
  check_local_user
  transport = local_delivery
begin transports
mailman_transport:
  driver = pipe
  command = MAILMAN_WRAP \
            '${if def:local_part_suffix \
                  {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \
                  {post}}' \
            $local_part
  current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
  home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
  user = MAILMAN_USER
  group = MAILMAN_GROUP
remote_smtp:
  driver = smtp
local_delivery:
  driver = appendfile
  file = /var/mail/$local_part
  delivery_date_add
  envelope_to_add
  return_path_add
address_pipe:
  driver = pipe
  return_output
address_file:
  driver = appendfile
  delivery_date_add
  envelope_to_add
  return_path_add
address_reply:
  driver = autoreply
begin retry
*                      *           F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h
begin rewrite
begin authenticators

One more information: If I put ACL accept domains * everyting except (3)
is working well. But, as I see, there is no sense of ACL if I put
something like that...

Why my message do not pass with rule accept hosts = 127.0.0.1? or accept
hosts = +relay_from_hosts (which are all of my networks)?

Also, why Exim does forwarding of any local part to my mailing list
(i.e. kontrapunkt at fastmail.fm goes to kontrapunkt at liste.anarhija.org)?

Does anyone have any idea or I'll have to study Exim ACL :-)

Best,
Milos