[ale] Setting up GNU Mailman?

[Jim Popovitch]

A couple of comments on installing Mailman from src (on Debian, but not too specific) ....

  requires python-devel (use python2.4 if you can)

  mkdir /var/mailman /usr/local/mailman
  groupadd mailman
  useradd -c "GNU Mailman" -s /no/shell -d /var/mailman -g mailman mailman
  chgrp mailman /var/mailman /usr/local/mailman 
  chmod a+rx,g+ws /var/mailman /usr/local/mailman

  # apply htdig patch
  # this patch integrates htdig with Mailman
  # see: http://www.openinfo.co.uk/mm/patches/444884/index.html
  # the 2.1.7 patch works well with mailman 2.1.8
  patch -p1 -b -V numbered < /root/MAILMAN/htdig-2.1.7-0.1.patch

  update Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py to change htdig "maintainer" from mm site_email to 
           "maintainer": self.maillist.GetOwnerEmail(),

  update Mailman/Handlers/Cleanse.py to remove "Delivered-To:" mail headers
           del msg['return-receipt-to']
           del msg['delivered-to']

  # apply daily mbox patch
  # this patch produces daily mbox rather than 1 big mbox file for each list
  # this patch must be applied from the parent directory of the extracted
  # source distribution (/root/MAILMAN/mailman...)
  # see: http://www.openinfo.co.uk/mm/patches/dailymbox/index.html
  patch -p1 -b -V numbered < /root/MAILMAN/dailymbox-2.1.8-0.1.patch

  ./configure --with-python=/usr/bin/python2.4 --with-var-prefix=/var/mailman 
         --with-mail-gid=mailman --with-cgi-gid=www-data
  make; make install

  cd /usr/local/mailman/
  
  # see: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users at python.org/msg38655.html
  # add to Mailman/Handlers/CleanseDKIM.py
          del msg['authentication-results']
  
  # touch up file permissions
  bin/check_perms -f

  # startup script:
  cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/ 
  update-rc.d mailman defaults

  # make sure that mailman.jpg, etc. are in /icons dir (/var/www/htdig)
  cp /usr/local/mailman/icons/* /var/www/htdig/


hth,

-Jim P.



----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:44:19 PM
Subject: [ale] Setting up GNU Mailman?

Has anyone set up GNU Mailman from scratch?  If so, about how long do
you estimate an experienced Linux SysAdmin would need to set it up, including
creating a few lists?

Can it handle attachments such as images and, blech, M$ word docs?  I
assume that it works well with Sendmail.

Thanks,

Bob Toxen
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