Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:55:18 -0500 From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> To: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>, Mail List - Mailman <mailman-users@python.org> Cc: jmelo@FreeBSD.org Subject: Multiple instances of Mailman on FreeBSD Message-ID: <70C7249E-1EC4-4D00-BECE-CD30B43436B5@goldmark.org>
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I'm posting this to both the mailman-users list and the freebsd-ports
list. I realize that not all follow-up will make it to both lists.
I would like to set up multiple instances of Mailman on a FreeBSD 7-
STABLE system with using Postfix. Looking at the ports Makefile, it
appears that if I set MM_DIR=mailman/vhosts/domain-for-this-instance
everything should work file (plus add FORCE_PACKAGE_REGISTER allow
this second instance to be installed.)
But when I do
% cd /usr/ports/mail/mailman
% sudo make -DMM_DIR=mailman/vhosts/lists.wilson-pta.org -
DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER install
It just installs in the default location, /usr/local/mailman
And this paradoxical report of various settings
$ sudo make MM_DIR=mailman/vhosts/lists.wilson-pta.org -
DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER install
===> Found saved configuration for mailman-2.1.12
You may change the following build options:
MM_USERNAME=mailman The username of the Mailman user.
MM_USERID=91 The user ID of the Mailman user.
MM_GROUPNAME=mailman The group to which the Mailman user will belong.
MM_GROUPID=MM_USERID The group ID for the Mailman user.
MM_DIR=mailman Mailman will be installed in /usr/local/mailman/vhosts/
lists.wilson-pta.org.
CGI_GID=www The group name or id under which your web server executes
CGI scripts.
IMGDIR=www/icons Icon images will be installed in /usr/local/www/icons.
Notice the conflicting information on the line telling me about MM_DIR.
Background on the issue
As is well known to mailman users, mailman 2.X does not fully deal
with virtual mail domains in that, say
pta-board@lists.shepard-families.org
And
pta-board@lists.wilson-pta.org
would have to be the same list. That is mailman does not provide a
separate namespace for lists in different domains.
The Wiki/FAQ at
http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030604
hints at patches (which I can't seem to locate) and mailing list
discussion mentions an alternative of having a separate instance of
Mailman for each virtual domain. This later approach seems easier if
you don't anticipate having loads of domains. So that is what I
intend to do.
Cheers,
-j
--
Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/
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