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diff --git a/README.QMAIL b/README.QMAIL index 3ae5717f..e7a800fc 100644 --- a/README.QMAIL +++ b/README.QMAIL @@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA -MORE INFORMATION - -You might be interested in some information that Norbert Bollow has -written about Mailman and Qmail integration, available here: - - http://mailman.cis.to/qmail-verh/ - - QMAIL ISSUES There are some issues that users of the qmail mail transport agent @@ -115,10 +107,11 @@ BN: Last but not least, here's a little script to generate aliases to your lists (if for some reason you can/will not have them automatically picked up using "contrib/qmail-to-mailman.py"): +This script is for the Mailman 2.0 series: #!/bin/sh if [ $# = 1 ]; then i=$1 - echo Making links to $i... + echo Making links to $i in the current directory... echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/mailman post $i" > .qmail-$i echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/mailman mailowner $i" > .qmail-$i-admin echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/mailman mailowner $i" > .qmail-$i-owner @@ -126,6 +119,66 @@ if [ $# = 1 ]; then echo "|preline /home/mailman/mail/mailman mailcmd $i" > .qmail-$i-request fi +This script is for the Mailman 2.1 series: +Note: this is for a new Mailman 2.1 installation. Users upgrading from + Mailman 2.0 would most likely change /usr/local/mailman to + /home/mailman. If in doubt, refer to the --prefix option passed to + configure during compile time. + +#!/bin/sh +if [ $# = 1 ]; then + i=$1 + echo Making links to $i in the current directory... + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post $i" > .qmail-$i + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin $i" > .qmail-$i-admin + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces $i" > .qmail-$i-bounces + # The following line is for VERP + # echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces $i" > .qmail-$i-bounces-default + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm $i" > .qmail-$i-confirm + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join $i" > .qmail-$i-join + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave $i" > .qmail-$i-leave + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner $i" > .qmail-$i-owner + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request $i" > .qmail-$i-request + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe $i" > .qmail-$i-subscribe + echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe $i" > .qmail-$i-unsubscribe +fi + +INFORMATION ON VERP + +You will note in the alias generating script for 2.1 above, there is a +line for VERP that has been commented out. If you are interested in VERP +there are two options. The first option is to allow Mailman to do the +VERP formatting. To activate this, uncomment that line and add the +following lines to your mm_cfg.py file: + +VERP_FORMAT = '%(bounces)s-+%(mailbox)s=%(host)s' +VERP_REGEXP = r'^(?P<bounces>.*?)-\+(?P<mailbox>[^=]+)=(?P<host>[^@]+)@.*$' + +The second option is a patch on SourceForge located at: + +http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=300103&aid=645513&group_id=103 + +This patch currently needs more testing and might best be suitable for +developers or people well familiar with qmail. Having said that, this +patch is the more qmail-friendly approach resulting in large performance +gains. + +VIRTUAL MAIL SERVER + +As mentioned in the ISSUES area for a virtual mail server, a patch under +testing is located at: + +http://sf.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=621257&group_id=103&atid=300103 + +Again, this patch is for people familiar with their qmail installation. + +MORE INFORMATION + +You might be interested in some information on modifying footers that +Norbert Bollow has written about Mailman and qmail, available here: + + http://mailman.cis.to/qmail-verh/ + Local Variables: mode: text |