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diff --git a/README.SENDMAIL b/README.SENDMAIL index 8b24e38d..3d9a8138 100644 --- a/README.SENDMAIL +++ b/README.SENDMAIL @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1998-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA SECURITY NOTE @@ -21,23 +21,30 @@ SENDMAIL `smrsh' COMPATIBILITY 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 + or Mailman will not 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: - - cd into /etc/smrsh (or where ever it happens to reside on - your system, such as /var/smrsh or /usr/local/smrsh). + - Find out where your Sendmail executes its smrsh wrapper - - create a symbolic link to Mailman's wrapper program + % grep smrsh /etc/mail/sendmail.cf + + - Figure out where smrsh expects symlinks for allowable filter + programs. At the very beginning of the following output you will + see a full path to some directory, e.g. /var/adm/sm.bin or similar: + + % strings $path_to_smrsh | less - 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 into /var/adm/sm.bin, or where ever it happens to reside on your + system, such as /etc/smrsh, /var/smrsh or /usr/local/smrsh. + + % cd /var/adm/sm.bin + + - create a symbolic link to Mailman's wrapper program - % cd /etc/smrsh - % ln -s /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman mailman + % ln -s /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman mailman INTEGRATING SENDMAIL AND MAILMAN |