Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:41:57 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: wjv@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: mail/mailman + Postfix Message-ID: <3E9DA3F5.15267.A404674@localhost>
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Hi,
I was just reading README.POSTFIX from mailman. I found this:
- When you configure Mailman, use the --with-mail-gid=mailman
switch (actually, this will be the default if you configured
Mailman after adding the `mailman' owner). Because the owner of
the aliases.db file is `mailman', Postfix will execute Mailman's
wrapper program as uid and gid mailman.
But in the ouput from 'make options' I see:
* MAIL_GID [mailnull]
The group name or id under which your MTA performs mail delivery
Getting the value of MAIL_GID right is crucial to getting Mailman
to work
with your MTA. By default this port works with Sendmail. If
you're
using an alternative MTA installed from ports, you should set
MAIL_GID at
build time according to the following table. You may use either
the
group name or the numerical GID. (Please contact this port's
maintainer
if you wish to fill in the blanks or report mistakes!)
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MTA | MAIL_GID | Submitted by
Exim3 | nobody (65534) | <wjv@FreeBSD.org>
Exim4 | mail (6) | <wjv@FreeBSD.org>
Postfix | nobody (65534) | <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
Qmail | ??? |
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It appears that the port is conflicting with the software
recommendations.
It also appears others have had similar issues:
http://www.vmlinuz.ca/archives/elug/2003-01/msg00038.html
I'm about to try MAIL_GID=mailman
Cheers
--
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
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