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@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ Install: handled by a config program) o As root, add a mailman user o As mailman, copy the mailman dir to /home/mailman. Currently the - system requires the source be located there. - o As mailman, Make /home/mailman/public_html and /home/mailman/cgi-bin + system requires the source be located there. [I've been making it + a subdir of /home/mailman, ie, /home/mailman/mailman. klm.] + o As mailman, make /home/mailman/public_html and /home/mailman/cgi-bin o As root, Configure your web server to give /home/mailman/cgi-bin perms to run cgi in the cgi-bin dir, and restart the web server. The line you should add should look something like: @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ Install: or: ScriptAlias /mailman/ /home/mailman/cgi-bin/ - (Or whatever is equivolent for your web server) + (Or whatever is equivalent for your web server) o As root, edit /home/mailman/mailman/src/*.c and edit the UID and GID const lines as appropriate. o As root, cd to /home/mailman/mailman/src and type: make @@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ Install: o As root, Restart sendmail. o As mailman, cd to /home/mailman/mailman/cron, and add crontab.in as your crontab. (probably done w/: crontab crontab.in) - o Edit modules/mm_cfg and change the first 3 macros as appropriate. + o Edit modules/mm_cfg.py - if you don't already have one, make a + copy from modules/mm_cfg.py.dist. Include settings in mm_cfg.py + for any of the defaults in mm_defaults.py that you want to tailor + for your site. Adding a new list: o Run the program bin/newlist @@ -73,13 +77,18 @@ If mail isn't getting delivered: Some notes about the code (Developers notes): How to add a new user option: - 1) Add a flag to mm_cfg - 2) Add an entry to mm_html name mapping. - 3) Add replacements lines to the cgi/options script. - 4) cgi/handle_opts: make SetUserOption calls. - 5) Add to 2 data structs at top of mm_mailcmd - 6) Add to mm_mailcmd help - 7) Update templates + 1) Add a flag to mm_defaults.py, and mm_cfg.py.dist if it's + likely to require a custom value for each site. + 2) Add an entry to mm_html GetStandardReplacements name + & mapping, to enable referring to the value from mailman html. + 3) Add replacements lines to the cgi/options and cgi/listionfo + scripts, to hook the mailman html up with the option. + 4) For user-specific options, make SetUserOption calls in + & cgi/handle_opts. + 5) For user-specific options, add to 2 data structs at top of + & mm_mailcmd. + 6) For user-specific options, add description to mm_mailcmd help + 7) Update templates if the options have replacements 8) Use your option wherever appropriate... |