Re: Exim4 and mailman

[Michael Wood <mwood@its.uct.ac.za>]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:49:20AM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
[snip]
> I am not sure I am doing things the 'Right Way', but I am only using
> /etc/aliases for my mailman lists, and they are working just fine.
> 
> $listname:           "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post $listname"
> $listname-admin:     "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner $listname"
> $listname-request:   "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd $listname"
> $listname-owner:     $listname-admin
> 
> Change $listname to the real mailing list localpart and it works out
> of the box.  With Exim3 I did use the special routers and transports,
> but when I migrated to Exim4, I thought I would give this method a
> try, and it's working great.  The only problem with this method isthat
> you don't get virtual domain settings, I suppose.  Can anybody see any
> other problems with it?

If you do things the way Dale E Martin did it, Exim automatically
notices new lists.  If you do things as above, you have to add those 4
lines to /etc/aliases every time you add a new list.

-- 
Michael Wood <mwood@its.uct.ac.za>