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diff --git a/README.POSTFIX b/README.POSTFIX index 204fd26c..00d66c34 100644 --- a/README.POSTFIX +++ b/README.POSTFIX @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA @@ -9,21 +9,33 @@ GENERAL SETUP INFORMATION Postfix installation. As of this writing I've tested it with Postfix 19991231 up to pl13, and with 200010228 up to pl08. - It is recommended that you set "owner_request_special = no" in - your main.cf config file so that Postfix won't treat -owner and - -request addresses specially (we want Postfix to simply deliver - such messages to the Mailman wrapper). The default is "yes" I - believe. + By default, Postfix treats -owner and -request addresses + specially. Since we want Postfix to deliver such messages to + Mailman, you should turn off this option by adding this to your + main.cf file: + + owner_request_special = no In order to support Mailman's optional VERP delivery, you will want to disable luser_relay (the default) and you will want to set - recipient_delimiter for extended address semantics. Here, my - recommendations are to comment out any luser_relay value in your - main.cf and just go with the defaults. Also, set - "recipient_delimiter = +" so that the symbol used to separate an - address from its extended semantics is a + sign. This will work - well with the default values for VERP_FORMAT and VERP_REGEXP in - Defaults.py. + recipient_delimiter for extended address semantics. You should + comment out any luser_relay value in your main.cf and just go with + the defaults. Also, add this to your main.cf file: + + recipient_delimiter = + + + Using + as the delimiter works well with the default values for + VERP_FORMAT and VERP_REGEXP in Defaults.py. + + When attempting to deliver a message to a non-existent local + address, Postfix may return a 450 error code. Since this is a + non-transient error code, Mailman will continue to attempt to + delivery the message for DELIVERY_RETRY_PERIOD (5 days by + default). You might want to set Postfix up so that it returns + permanent error codes for non-existent local users by adding the + following to your main.cf file: + + unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 Finally, if you are using Postfix-style virtual domains, read the section on virtual domain support below. @@ -98,7 +110,7 @@ INTEGRATING POSTFIX AND MAILMAN that it will take about a minute for Postfix to notice the change to the aliases.db file and update its tables. I consider this a minor inconvenience. - + VIRTUAL DOMAINS @@ -160,7 +172,7 @@ VIRTUAL DOMAINS breaking the delivery of any dom1.ain mailing list. However, you would include dom2.ain and dom3.ain in mm_cfg.py: - + POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['dom2.ain', 'dom3.ain'] Now, any list that Mailman creates in either of those two domains, |