This worked. I was able to find where it was being written to, which was /etc/mailman/aliases when I was expecting it to be in /var/lib/mailman/data. All I have to do is point postfix to this directory and all will be well.
Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Scott Race [mailto:sc...@916networks.com] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 8:26 PM To: Mark Ratcliff Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: RE: Mailman not automatically updating its aliases file Check the permissions and ownership of the aliases file (not in front of my install, but documentation tells you how it should be set - I believe on my install the group ownership is list) Also - I believe your Postfix main.cf file needs to have an entry pointing to an additional aliases file, instead of updating the /etc/aliases file. However, on a fresh install a few days ago (my first 2.1.11 install), I found that it's dropping the aliases file that it updates in something like /var/lib/mailman. That was new to me, but seemed to work out of the box. So go to your root directory and do a #find -name aliases and see if you have multiple aliases files, maybe it's hanging out in the mailman install directory. -----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+scott=916networks....@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+scott=916networks....@python.org] On Behalf Of Mark Ratcliff Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 10:29 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Mailman not automatically updating its aliases file Hi, I was recently tasked with setting up a new mailman server. We installed mm2.1.9 via yum on a RHEL5.3 server with postfix installed. varprefix=/var/lib/mailman and prefix =/usr/lib/mailman. This is what I have for custom lines in my mm_cfg.py: DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mm server name' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mm server name' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) MTA = 'Postfix' VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = 0 OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = 1 My problem is that whenever I use the newlist command and I create a list, it doesnt automatically update the aliases file. According to the install documentation on the mailman website, I only had to do a few things including adding MTA='Postfix', etc. Are there any other settings that I need to check on in order to make sure it is working? Thanks for any replies. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/scott%40916networks .com Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
