[Mailman-Users] Help with Mailman and Sendmail

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

> Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net> writes:
>
>> Look at the 'automated' method referred to in the FAQ. You may decide
>> you don't need to go the mm-handler route.
>
> Heh, first hurdle:
>
> The instructions at
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037518.html
> start with
>
>   Create /usr/local/sbin/mailman.aliases with these commands:
>
>   /bin/cp /home/mailman/data/aliases /etc/mailman.aliases
>   /usr/bin/newaliases
>
> but I have no /home/mailman/, nor any /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases
> (which is what I suppose is intended) on my system.
>
> Perhaps /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases should contain
>
>   ## mailman mailing list
>   mailman:            "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
>   mailman-admin:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
>   mailman-bounces:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"
>   mailman-confirm:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"
>   mailman-join:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
>   mailman-leave:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
>   mailman-owner:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
>   mailman-request:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"
>   mailman-subscribe:  "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"
>   mailman-unsubscribe:"|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"
>
> ?

Heh, and even if I do that, I don't end up with a
/usr/local/sbin/mailman.aliases.  It seems like something needs to
tell newaliases about /etc/mailman.aliases, and the only thing I see
in the instructions that could do it is a later step:

  3. We have to tell sendmail about the new alias file.

  in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc find this line:
  define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl
  and change it to:
  define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases,/etc/mailman.aliases')dnl
  Run a make (or otherwise refresh sendmail.cf and then restart sendmail

  Now when we run newaliases, it will rebuild both alias files.

Am I missing something?  I feel like I'm groping around in the dark
here.

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