Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 8:58:56 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Mailman virtual-mailman.db Message-ID: <20070417155856.OBYQ12099.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>
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> > From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> > Date: 2007/04/17 Tue AM 08:51:42 PDT > To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> > CC: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: Mailman virtual-mailman.db > > On Apr 17, 2007, at 7:29 AM, Vizion wrote: > > > I am missing something in facilitating the creation of virtual- > > mailman.db. > > > > I get the failure line in maillog > > > > fatal: open database /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db > > > > I have gonne through the docs but am obviously missing something. > > > > Could anyone please let me know: > > 1. How virtual-mailman.db is created > > The answer below assumes that you are also using postfix > > It is created from > > /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman > > (assuming you haven't modified the install location and installed > from ports), which mailman should also create for you. > > Mailman actually calls the postfix utility, postmap, to generate > the .db file. > > To create these files the first time, run > > /usr/local/mailman/bin/genaliases > > which should create these files. > > > 2. Ideally some examples from relevant config files would be ideal. > > > > I do seem to ne struggling with mailman!!! > > Mailman takes a fair amount of post installation configuration, > requiring fairly solid understanding of mail transport, apache and, > it seems, mailman itself. So it is easy to overlook things in the > documentation, but this is in > > /usr/local/share/doc/mailman/mailman-install.txt > > Cheers, > > -j > >Thanks for getting back so quickly For some reason /usr/local/mailman/bin/genaliases does not create that file.. I think I am missing something else. I could send some more info if you would be willing to take a look david
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