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author: bwarsaw <> 2004-12-23 04:39:58 +0000
committer: bwarsaw <> 2004-12-23 04:39:58 +0000
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@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@
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-<title>9 Start the Mailman qrunner</title>
+<title>9 Set up cron</title>
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 <H1><A NAME="SECTION001900000000000000000">
-9 Start the Mailman qrunner</A>
+9 Set up cron</A>
 </H1>
 
 <P>
-Mailman depends on a process called the ``qrunner'' to delivery all
-email messages it sees.  You must start the qrunner by executing the following
-command from the <var>$prefix</var> directory:
+Several Mailman features occur on a regular schedule, so you must set up
+<b class="program">cron</b> to run the right programs at the right time<A NAME="tex2html6"
+  HREF="#foot542"><SUP>6</SUP></A>.
 
 <P>
-<div class="verbatim"><pre>
-    % bin/mailmanctl start
-</pre></div>
-
-<P>
-You probably want to start Mailman every time you reboot your system.  Exactly
-how to do this depends on your operating system.  If your OS supports the
-<b class="program">chkconfig</b> command (e.g. RedHat and Mandrake Linuxes) you can
-do the following (as root, from the Mailman install directory):
-
-<P>
-<div class="verbatim"><pre>
-    % cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman
-    % chkconfig --add mailman
-</pre></div>
-
-<P>
-Note that <span class="file">/etc/init.d</span> may be <span class="file">/etc/rc.d/init.d</span> on some systems.
-
-<P>
-On Gentoo Linux, you can do the following:
-
-<P>
-<div class="verbatim"><pre>
-    % cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman
-    % rc-update add mailman default
-</pre></div>
-
-<P>
-On Debian, you probably want to use:
+If your version of crontab supports the <b class="programopt">-u</b> option, you must be
+root to do this next step.  Add <span class="file"><var>$prefix</var>/cron/crontab.in</span> as a
+crontab entry by executing these commands:
 
 <P>
 <div class="verbatim"><pre>
-    % update-rc.d mailman defaults
+    % cd $prefix/cron
+    % crontab -u mailman crontab.in
 </pre></div>
 
 <P>
-For <span class="Unix">Unix</span>es that don't support <b class="program">chkconfig</b>, you might try the
-following set of commands:
+If you used the <b class="programopt">--with-username</b> option, use that user name
+instead of <code>mailman</code> for the <b class="programopt">-u</b> argument value.  If your
+crontab does not support the <b class="programopt">-u</b> option, try these commands:
 
 <P>
 <div class="verbatim"><pre>
-    % cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman
-    % cp misc/mailman /etc/init.d
-    % cd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman
-    % cd ../rc1.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman
-    % cd ../rc2.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman
-    % cd ../rc3.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman
-    % cd ../rc4.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman
-    % cd ../rc5.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman
-    % cd ../rc6.d
-    % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman
+    % cd $prefix/cron
+    % su - mailman
+    % crontab crontab.in
 </pre></div>
 
 <P>
+<BR><HR><H4>Footnotes</H4>
+<DL>
+<DT><A NAME="foot542">... time</A><A
+ HREF="node41.html#tex2html6"><SUP>6</SUP></A></DT>
+<DD>Note that
+if you're upgrading from a previous version of Mailman, you'll want to install
+the new crontab, but be careful if you're running multiple Mailman
+installations on your site!  Changing the crontab could mess with other
+parallel Mailman installations.
 
+</DD>
+</DL>
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 <p></p><hr />
 <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
 <tr>
-<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="8 Set up cron"
+<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="8 Create a site-wide"
   href="node40.html"><img src='previous.png'
   border='0' height='32'  alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td>
 <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Front Matter"
   href="front.html"><img src='up.png'
   border='0' height='32'  alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td>
-<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="10 Check the hostname"
+<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="10 Start the Mailman"
   href="node42.html"><img src='next.png'
   border='0' height='32'  alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td>
 <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - Installation Manual</td>
@@ -142,15 +115,15 @@ following set of commands:
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-<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node40.html">8 Set up cron</A>
+<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node40.html">8 Create a site-wide</A>
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 <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="front.html">Front Matter</A>
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-<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node42.html">10 Check the hostname</A>
+<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node42.html">10 Start the Mailman</A>
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-<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 13, 2004.</span>
+<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 22, 2004.</span>
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author	bwarsaw <>	2004-12-23 04:39:58 +0000
committer	bwarsaw <>	2004-12-23 04:39:58 +0000
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