[Mailman-Users] Problem with mailman-loop address

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Sat Jun 8 16:38:54 EDT 2019


On 6/8/19 9:58 AM, ratatouille wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net> schrieb am 08.06.19 um 08:13:24 Uhr:
> 
>> On 6/8/19 3:29 AM, ratatouille wrote:
>>>
>>> In /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases there is no alias like mailman-loop.
>>>
>>> What's wrong here and how do I fix this?  
>>
>>
>> There should be. If Mailman is generating this file, it should contain
>>
>> # The ultimate loop stopper address
>> mailman-loop: /var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox
>>
>> Try running Mailman's bin/genaliases
> 
> I did this already, it is not there.
> 
>  # STANZA START: mailman
> # CREATED: Sat Jun  8 11:43:23 2019
> mailman:             "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
> mailman-admin:       "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
> mailman-bounces:     "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"
> mailman-confirm:     "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"
> mailman-join:        "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
> mailman-leave:       "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
> mailman-owner:       "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
> mailman-request:     "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"
> mailman-subscribe:   "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"
> mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"
> # STANZA END: mailman

It's not in that stanza. The beginning of the aliases file, even in
2.1.17 should be

> # This file is generated by Mailman, and is kept in sync with the
> # binary hash file aliases.db.  YOU SHOULD NOT MANUALLY EDIT THIS FILE
> # unless you know what you're doing, and can keep the two files properly
> # in sync.  If you screw it up, you're on your own.
> 
> # The ultimate loop stopper address
> mailman-loop: /var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox


If this is not the case, what Mailman package is this?


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