[Lvlug] Qmal, kind of nervous as hell here

[DannS.Washko]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:56:13 -0500
"Dann S. Washko" <dann@thelinuxlink.net> wrote:

> Holy crap in a bucket, that was a 3 hour nightmare. 
> 

but when it works, and you learned something, it is a worth-while 3 hours.

> Jump back to sendmail, sweat a little, then realize I have to rebuild
the> access.db file.  Finally, back to normal.


Sendmail no more

> 
> 
> Oh, and another thing.  I tried using fastforward to create and aliases
> database for mailman.  But this did not seem to work either.
> 

It works, it was not fastforward that was the problem, it was mailman.  I
had to configure mailman to use the mail group id nofiles.


> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:14:33 -0500
> "Dann S. Washko" <dann@thelinuxlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > I'm able to email inside and outside my domain from the workstation
> > running qmail.  It seems a lot easier to setup and run than email. 
But> > I'd still like some of my questions answered before I convert over.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:09:22 -0500
> > "Dann S. Washko" <dann@thelinuxlink.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm considering changing to qmail, but I am a bit nervous about the
> > > mailing lists.  Using mailman, I have to set some stuff up in the
> > aliases> db.  I'm finding little documentation on doing this, so any
> qmail> giants> out there; some help please.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Here is what is in my /etc/mail/aliases for sendmail:
> > > 
> > > mailman:        dann@thelinuxlink.net
> > > mailman-owner:  mailman
> > > lvlug:          "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post lvlug"
> > > lvlug-admin:    "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner lvlug"
> > > lvlug-request:  "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd lvlug"
> > > owner-lvlug:    lvlug-admin
> > > lvlug-owner:    lvlug-admin
> > > 
> > > 
> > > How would I translate this to qmail?  The only thing I have seen so
> far> > from the qmail faq is:
> > > 
> > >  |preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper post listname
> > > 
> > > So would it be
> > > 
> > > lvlug:  |preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper post lvlug
> > > lvlug-admin:  |preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner lvlug
> > > lvlug-request:  |preline /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd lvlug
> > > owner-lvlug:   lvlug-admin
> > > lvlug-owner:  lvlug-admin
> > > 
> > > 
> > > or, 
> > > 
> > > should I just use fastforward?  
> > > 
> > > I have qmail setup on my workstation and it seems to be doing just
> > great. > I ran fastforward to setup the aliases file from the mail
> server> to see> what it would look like and it looks completely
different> than> what I> would set up on my own going by the docmentation
I have seen> for> qmail> aliases.  Then again, this is configuring qmail
to use> fastforward> and> /etc/aliases along with the default qmail
aliases file> which would be> from> above.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Daniel S. Washko
> > > Lehigh Valley Linux Users Group
> > > www.thelinuxlink.net/lvlinux
> > > get slack (www.slackware.com ) and get happy
> > > 
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> > 
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> > Daniel S. Washko
> > Lehigh Valley Linux Users Group
> > www.thelinuxlink.net/lvlinux
> > get slack (www.slackware.com ) and get happy
> > 
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> Daniel S. Washko
> Lehigh Valley Linux Users Group
> www.thelinuxlink.net/lvlinux
> get slack (www.slackware.com ) and get happy
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Daniel S. Washko
Lehigh Valley Linux Users Group
www.thelinuxlink.net/lvlinux
get slack (www.slackware.com ) and get happy