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diff --git a/README.POSTFIX b/README.POSTFIX index 0b309256d..62fe18d9e 100644 --- a/README.POSTFIX +++ b/README.POSTFIX @@ -3,66 +3,57 @@ Copyright (C) 2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA -CONFIGURATION ISSUES - -Postfix typically sends email as "nobody" so when configuring Mailman -use: - ---with-mail-gid=99 - -or whichver gid is appropriate for "nobody" on your system. Using the -GID of Postfix (i.e. 89) will not work and when Mailman tries to send -mail it will generate an email error telling you which GID it -attempted to use, and which one you should be using. Simply re-run -./configure with the proper --with-mail-gid switch and then re-run -"make install". - - INTEGRATING POSTFIX AND MAILMAN -You can integrate Postfix and Mailman such that when new lists are -created, or lists are removed, Postfix's alias database will -automatically be updated. This is done by Mailman writing alias -entries to a DB hash file that Postfix has been configured to consult -when looking for local delivery addresses. The following are the -steps you need to take to make this work. + You can integrate Postfix and Mailman such that when new lists are + created, or lists are removed, Postfix's alias database will + automatically be updated. This is done by Mailman writing alias + entries to a DB hash file that Postfix has been configured to consult + when looking for local delivery addresses. The following are the + steps you need to take to make this work. + + In the description below, $mailman is the directory into which you've + installed Mailman. I.e. it is /home/mailman if you did not use the + --prefix switch when you configured Mailman, otherwise it is the + directory you specified with --prefix. Note that if you used + --with-var-prefix then $mailman is this directory. -In the description below, $mailman is the directory into which you've -installed Mailman. I.e. it is /home/mailman if you did not use the ---prefix switch when you configured Mailman, otherwise it is the -directory you specified with --prefix. Note that if you used ---with-var-prefix then $mailman is this directory. + - touch the file $mailman/data/aliases.db and make sure that both + the owner and group-owner of the file is `mailman'. Make sure + that both owner and group have read and write permission. -- As root, touch $mailman/data/aliases.db. Make sure the owner is - root and the group is mailman, and that both owner and group have - read and write permission. + - Hack your Postfix's main.cf file to include $mailman/data/aliases + (no trailing .db) in the alias_map variable but not alias_database. + This is because you do not want Postfix's newalias command to modify + Mailman's aliases.db file, but you do want Postfix to consult + aliases.db when looking for local addresses. -- Hack your Postfix's main.cf file to include $mailman/data/aliases - (no trailing .db) in the alias_map variable but not alias_database. - This is because you do not want Postfix's newalias command to modify - Mailman's aliases.db file, but you do want Postfix to consult - aliases.db when looking for local addresses. + You want to be sure that that you're using the hash: style database + for this entry. Here's an example: - You want to be sure that that you're using the hash: style database - for this entry. Here's an example: + alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases, hash:/home/mailman/data/aliases - alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases, hash:/home/mailman/data/aliases + - When you configure Mailman, use the --with-mail-gid=mailman + switch. Because the owner of the aliases.db file is `mailman', + Postfix will execute Mailman's wrapper program as uid and gid + mailman. If you don't use the --with-mail-gid switch, the + wrapper will bounce messages, complaining of a gid mismatch. -- Add this to Mailman's mm_cfg.py file: + - Add this to Mailman's mm_cfg.py file: - MTA = 'Postfix' + MTA = 'Postfix' - The MTA variable names a module in Mailman/MTA which contains the - MTA-specific functions to be executed when a list is created or - removed. + The MTA variable names a module in Mailman/MTA which contains the + MTA-specific functions to be executed when a list is created or + removed. -That's it! One caveat: when you add or remove a list, the aliases.db -file will be modified by Mailman, but it will not automatically run -"postfix reload". This is because you need to be root to run this and -suid-root scripts are not secure. The only effect of this is that it -will take one minute for Postfix to notice the change to the -aliases.db file and update its tables. I consider this a minor -inconvenience. + That's it! One caveat: when you add or remove a list, the aliases.db + file will be modified by Mailman, but it will not automatically run + "postfix reload". This is because you need to be root to run this and + suid-root scripts are not secure. The only effect of this is that it + will take one minute for Postfix to notice the change to the + aliases.db file and update its tables. I consider this a minor + inconvenience. |