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diff --git a/mailman/queue/docs/lmtp.txt b/mailman/queue/docs/lmtp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c886c281 --- /dev/null +++ b/mailman/queue/docs/lmtp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +LTMP server +=========== + +Mailman can accept messages via LMTP (RFC 2033). Most modern mail servers +support LMTP local delivery, so this is a very portable way to connect Mailman +with your mail server. + +Our LMTP server is fairly simple though; all it does is make sure that the +message is destined for a valid endpoint, e.g. mylist-join@example.com. + +Let's start a testable LMTP queue runner. + + >>> from mailman.tests import helpers + >>> master = helpers.TestableMaster() + >>> master.start('lmtp') + +It also helps to have a nice LMTP client. + + >>> lmtp = helpers.get_lmtp_client() + (220, '... Python LMTP queue runner 1.0') + >>> lmtp.lhlo('remote.example.org') + (250, ...) + + +Invalid mailing list +-------------------- + +If the mail server tries to send a message to a non-existant mailing list, it +will get a 550 error. + + >>> lmtp.sendmail( + ... 'anne.person@example.com', + ... ['mylist@example.com'], """\ + ... From: anne.person@example.com + ... To: mylist@example.com + ... Subject: An interesting message + ... Message-ID: <aardvark> + ... + ... This is an interesting message. + ... """) + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + SMTPDataError: (550, 'Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable') + + +Clean up +-------- + + >>> master.stop() |