[Mailman-Users] Help with Mailman and Sendmail

[David Abrahams]

Hi,

I'm trying to follow the directions for integrating Mailman with
Sendmail, but I think they may be incomplete.  It looks like there
were orginally some instructions directed at installations like mine
(a few users, a few mailing lists, *one* computer), and they were
entirely replaced by instructions for installations where an entire
host could be dedicated to serving mailman lists.  There are oblique
references to how much easier the mm-handler method is than the
alternative "maintaining lists of aliases" but no details about what
that alternative involves.

I don't mind going the mm-handler way if it's more scalable, so I
pointed a separate domain, lists.boost-consulting.com, at my server.
But now I have to learn about virtual hosting with sendmail and figure
out how to integrate my .mc file with the supplied mailman.mc and have
the respective settings that are different only apply to the intended
hosts.  I don't know too much about sendmail (or email protocols in
general, really), so this is turning into a big and risky project.  Is
there anyone here who can help me get this stuff configured without
bringing my email system to its knees for too long?

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com