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This method uses a 'Postfix' workaround.

See also [[../Integrating Mailman with Sendmail - Method 1|Integrating Mailman with Sendmail - Method 1]] which uses mm-handler.

==  Introduction ==

To be read in conjunction with the mailman installation instructions at<<BR>> <[[http://www.list.org/mailman-install/index.html|http://www.list.org/mailman-install/index.html]]><<BR>> and the post by Ed Greenberg at<<BR>> <[[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037518.html|http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037518.html]]><<BR>>

== Step 1 - Installation requirements ==

I'm using Apache2, Mailman 2.19 and FreeBSD4 and Python 2.4

== Step 2 - Set Up Your System ==

As root

{{{
#adduser
}}}

I used -> user: mailman, group:mailman, password: n

== Step 3 - Build and Install Mailman ==

create Installation Directory (as root)

{{{
su# cd /usr/local/
su# mkdir mailman
su# chown mailman mailman
su# su mailman
su# cd mailman
su# chgrp mailnull .
su# chmod a+rx,g+ws .
}}}

Now, go to the directory where you have downloaded mailman

{{{
su# cd /usr/home/xxxxx/mailman-2.1.9
}}}

Change back to user root

{{{
su# su root
}}}

You can ascertain the correct option for --with-mail-gid from /etc/<<BR>> mail/sendmail.cf

{{{
su# grep "DefaultUser" /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
=> #O DefaultUser=mailnull
So use mailnull

su# su root
su# make clean
su# configure \--with-mail-gid=mailnull
}}}

I'm on FreeBSD so use this command

{{{
su# make DIRSETGID=: install
}}}

Now check permissions

{{{
su# cd /usr/local/mailman
su# bin/check_perms \-f
}}}

My webserver runs as nobody (check httpd.conf on your system to confirm)

{{{

su# grep "User " /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
=> User nobody

su# cd archives
su# chown nobody private
su# chmod o-x private
}}}

== Step 4 - Check your installation ==

{{{
su# cd /usr/local/mailman
su# bin/check_perms \-f
}}}

== Step 5 - Set up your webserver ==

Add this to your httpd-vhosts.conf, or httpd.conf depending on which <<BR>> version of Apache you are using

{{{
<VirtualHost \*:80>
ServerName lists.practiceimprovement.com.au
TransferLog /dev/null
DocumentRoot /usr/home/lists/htdocs/
ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/
Alias&nbsp;&nbsp; /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/
</VirtualHost>
}}}

and restart apache

== Step 6 - Integrating sendmail and mailman ==

Integrating sendmail and mailman

mm-handler would not work for me (after considerable amount of time trying) - I think because by server was medicine.net.au and the address I wanted to use was practiceimprovement.org.au, even though practiceimprovement.org.au was correctly set up on dns to be delegated to the right server.

So I used Ed Greenberg's clever approach at<<BR>> <[[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037518.html|http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037518.html]]><<BR>> which seems better to me anyway.

'''Note: On Freebsd I first had to build sudo!'''

create the file /usr/sbin/mailman.aliases

{{{
su# pico /usr/bin/mailman.aliases
}}}

containing the lines below =>

{{{
/bin/cp /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases /etc/mail/mailman.aliases
/usr/bin/newaliases
}}}

Note: I spent a lot of time bug testing as I used 'cp' in the <<BR>> mailman.aliases script rather than /bin/cp<<BR>> (it worked from the command line but not the web interface)

make it executable

{{{
su# chmod 755 /usr/sbin/mailman.aliases
}}}

Change your sendmail.cf file to include the new alias file<<BR>> (for me, add this to medicine.net.au.mc)<<BR>> define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/mail/aliases,/etc/mail/mailman.aliases')<<BR>> (and then as root)

{{{
su# /etc/mail/make install restart
}}}

Update your sudoers file ('nobody' is the user apache runs under - <<BR>> check your httpd.conf)

{{{
su# visudo
add=>
nobody ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/mailman.aliases
mailman ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/mailman.aliases
}}}

Also, if you have

{{{
Defaults requiretty
}}}

in the sudoers file, you need to remove or comment it.

== Step 7 - Review your site defaults ==

my mm_cfg.py has these added

{{{
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'practiceimprovement.com.au'
DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'lists.practiceimprovement.com.au'
DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/mailman/'
add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
IMAGE_LOGOS = '/images/'
MTA='Postfix'
POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD = '/usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/local/sbin/
mailman.aliases'
POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = \[\]
}}}

== Steps 8 - 15  ==

<<BR>>

Follow the rest of the instructions from step 8 on at -><<BR>> <[[http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/index.html|http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/index.html]]>

== Testing ==

When you create a list using /bin/newlist, you should find that the file /etc/mail/mailman.aliases has been created / updated.<<BR>> (I had some permissions to sort out in a few directories before it all worked smoothly)<<BR>> The error log is helpful at /usr/local/mailman/logs/error

These commands can be helpful for troubleshooting, after you have successfully created a testlist and subscribed yourself to that list

To test mailman

{{{
su# echo "From: tony@pi.com.au
To: testlist@pi.com.au
Subject: Happy New Year

test mail body
" \| /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post testlist
}}}

If that works, use this to test your sendmail/mailman integration

{{{
su# echo "From: tony@pi.com.au
To: testlist@pi.com.au
Subject: Merry Xmas

test mail body
" \| /bin/sendmail \-tony@pi.com.au testlist@pi.com.au
}}}

Hope this helps someone and would welcome corrections or improvements.<<BR>>