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diff --git a/README.SENDMAIL b/README.SENDMAIL index 683882c46..9873c844b 100644 --- a/README.SENDMAIL +++ b/README.SENDMAIL @@ -1,37 +1,63 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA -SENDMAIL ISSUES +SENDMAIL `smrsh' COMPATIBILITY -Many newer versions of Sendmail come with a restricted execution -utility called "smrsh", which limits the executables that sendmail can -use as mail filter programs. You need to explicitly allow Mailman's -wrapper program to be used with smrsh before it will work. If mail is -not getting delivered to Mailman's wrapper program and you're getting -an "operating system error" in your mail syslog, this could be your -problem. + Many newer versions of Sendmail come with a restricted execution + utility called "smrsh", which limits the executables that Sendmail + will allow to be used as mail filter programs. You need to + explicitly allow Mailman's wrapper program to be used with smrsh + before it will work. If mail is not getting delivered to + Mailman's wrapper program and you're getting an "operating system + error" in your mail syslog, this could be your problem. -One good way of doing this is to: + One good way of doing this is to: - - cd into /etc/smrsh (or where ever it happens to reside on your - system, such as /var/smrsh or /usr/local/smrsh). + - cd into /etc/smrsh (or where ever it happens to reside on + your system, such as /var/smrsh or /usr/local/smrsh). - - create a symbolic link to Mailman's wrapper program + - create a symbolic link to Mailman's wrapper program -For example, if you've installed Mailman in the standard location, you -can just execute these commands (you might have to do these as root): + For example, if you've installed Mailman in the standard location, + you can just execute these commands (you might have to do these as + root): - % cd /etc/smrsh - % ln -s /home/mailman/mail/wrapper wrapper + % cd /etc/smrsh + % ln -s /home/mailman/mail/wrapper wrapper + + One complication: if you're running Majordomo and Mailman + simultaneously (i.e. in the process of migrating from MD to MM :), + then you might have a small problem because Majordomo also uses a + program called `wrapper'. In this case, Paul Tomblin suggests + calling the Mailman symlink `mailman_wrapper', and changing the + alias entries to call this instead of `wrapper'. + + If you do this, you'll probably want to hack Mailman/MTA/Utils.py + to output the correct path to your wrapper program. + + +INTEGRATING SENDMAIL AND MAILMAN + + David Champion has contributed a Sendmail mailer which you can use + so that Sendmail will automatically deliver to Mailman mailing + lists without manual intervention (i.e. updated an aliases file or + running newaliases). He suggests adding the following to your + sendmail.cf file: + + MMailman, P=/etc/mail/mm-handler, F=rDFMhlqSu, U=mailman:other, + S=EnvFromL, R=EnvToL/HdrToL, + A=mm-handler $h $u + + The mm-handler script can be found in the contrib directory; copy + this script to /etc/mail and in your Mailman/mm_cfg.py file, add + the following: + + MTA = None + + Now Sendmail should automagically deliver to the standard Mailman + aliases for mailing lists. -One complication: if you're running Majordomo and Mailman -simultaneously (i.e. in the process of migrating from MD to MM :), -then you might have a small problem because Majordomo also uses a -program called `wrapper'. In this case, Paul Tomblin suggests calling -the Mailman symlink `mailman_wrapper', and changing the alias entries -to call this instead of `wrapper'. You might want to hack bin/newlist -to output this instead. Local Variables: |