[TriLUG] MailMan

[Jeff Baldwin]

Ok.. I figured that out.. how to do add users manually... is there no way 
to automate this process of adding subscribers?  I'd hate to have to set 
there and stare into the screen waiting for someone to subscribe?

Thanks

Jeff

--On Friday, August 24, 2001 4:24 PM -0400 Jeff Baldwin 
<jeff_baldwin at unc.edu> wrote:

> Jeremy - Thanks for the quick reply :-)
>
> Here is my setup...
>
> I am running several virtual hosts on my server.
> My MTA is PostFix.
>
> /etc/postfix/aliases
>
> ## engarde mailing list
> ## created: 24-Aug-2001 baldwinj
> jeff:                 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post jeff"
> jeff-admin:           "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner jeff"
> jeff-request:         "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd jeff"
> jeff-owner:            jeff-admin
>
> /etc/postfix/virtual
>
> mill92.cep.unc.edu      VIRTUALDOMAIN
>
> jeff at mill92.cep.unc.edu               list-jeff-mill92.cep.unc.edu
> jeff-admin2 at mill92.cep.unc.edu        list-jeff-mill92.cep.unc.edu
> jeff-request2 at mill92.cep.unc.edu      list-jeff-mill92.cep.unc.edu
> jeff-owner at mill92.cep.unc.edu         list-jeff-mill92.cep.unc.edu
>
> ** This is what I am seeing in /home/mailman/logs/subscribe
>
> [root at mill96 logs]# cat /home/mailman/logs/subscribe
> Aug 24 16:13:02 2001 (24130) jeff: pending jeff_baldwin at unc.edu
> 152.2.72.95
>
> Any ideas???
>
>
> Thanks  Again
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> --On Friday, August 24, 2001 3:55 PM -0400 jeremyp at pobox.com wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Jeff Baldwin wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Guys/Gals -
>>>
>>> Anyone familiar with MailMan?  I have a weird problem.  Users can go
>>> to my list, subscribe, receive a message to confirm that "they really
>>> want to subscribe" , but it ends there, the user replies.. as
>>> instructed.  But then never receives a confirmation that they were
>>> successfully added or how to post.  And in the Admin interface I go to
>>> "cleanup pending users" but it says no users pending.  However in
>>> /home/mailman/logs/subscribe I see the test accounts that I created as
>>> "pending".  Any ideas?  I'm very new to Mailman, so I'm just plain
>>> lost :-).
>>
>>
>> Have you made the aliases correctly in your MTA?  In sendmail, after
>> adding them to /etc/aliases, remember to run "newaliases".  Is the list
>> itself working with users you add manually?
>>
>> Also you might check the MTA's logs (like /var/mail/maillog for RH's
>> sendmail) to see if the mail is properly being delivered to mailman.
>>
>> --Jeremy
>>
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>
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Jeff Baldwin
Computer Consultant II
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Phone:  (919) 966-0096
Fax:    (919) 966-0042
E-Mail: jeff_baldwin at unc.edu
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