In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>
>help help :/
>       i've been tring to setup majordomo and have done the following:
>
>1 made '/etc/smail/lists' dir
>2 did ln -s /var/lib/majordomo/lists /etc/smail/lists
>3 added to /etc/smail/directors:
>       aliasinclude:
>               driver=aliasinclude,nobody;
>               copysecure,copyowners
>and
>       lists:
>               driver=forwardfile,
>               caution,
>               nobody,
>               sender_okay,
>               owner=owner-$user;
>               file=lists/${lc:user}
>
>4 made sure the proper aliases were in the /etc/aliases file
>       majordomo: "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo"
>       list-request: "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo"
>       majordomo-owner: adren
>       owner-majordomo: adren
>and
>       hottub-owner: adren
>       hottub-approval: adren
>       owner-hottub: hottub-owner
>       hottub-request: majordomo
>       hottub: :include: /etc/smail/lists/hottub
                         ^

I think you don't want a space there.  You may need to quote the whole
address, as well.

>5 made a list-file 'hottub' in /var/lib/majordomo/lists which is also in
>the /etc/smail/lists dir

Have you read the majordomo `README' file wrt permissions, etc.  Note
that recent versions of the `base' package broke the Majordomo
package, don't know if it's been fixed yet.

>       when sending mail to majordomo for help or lists it sends the
>correct info back to me. if i send to the list i get the mail returned
>with 'no such recipient'.  

Might need to see the full bounce.

Things work fine for me without messing around with /etc/smail/lists
or the lists director.

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