Use mailman to set up a mail list

Article title: use mailman to set up the mail list. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source. 1. install the mail list program
Apt-get install mailman

2. modify/etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py. This server uses exim4 as the mail service.
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'lists .mydomain.com'
DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'www .mydomain.com'
MTA = None

3. add the default email list
Newlist mailman

4. set the email list administrator account
Mmsitepass

5. add the following content to the apache configuration file:

Code:

ScriptAlias/mailman // usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/ Alias/pipermail // var/lib/mailman/archives/public/ RedirectMatch ^/* $ http://www.mydomain.com/mailman/listinfo Adddefacharcharset Off AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI-MultiViews + SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Order allow, deny Allow from all

Use http://www.mydomain.com/to access

6. modify the exim4 configuration
Added:
MM_HOME =/var/lib/mailman
MM_UID = list
MM_GID = list
Domainlist mm_domains = lists.mydomain.com
MM_WRAP = MM_HOME/mail/mailman
MM_LISTCHK = MM_HOME/lists/$ {lc: $ local_part}/config. pck

Add a router:

Code:

Mailman_router: Driver = accept Domains = + mm_domains Require_files = MM_LISTCHK Local_part_suffix_optional Local_part_suffix =-admin :\ -Bounces:-bounces + *:\ -Confirm:-confirm + *:\ -Join:-leave :\ -Owner:-request :\ -Subscribe:-unsubscribe Transport = mailman_transport

Added transport:

Code:

Mailman_transport: Driver = pipe Command = MM_WRAP \ '$ {If def: local_part_suffix \ {$ {Sg {$ local_part_suffix} {-(\ w +) (\ + .*)?} {\$ 1 }}}\ {Post }}'\ $ Local_part Current_directory = MM_HOME Home_directory = MM_HOME User = MM_UID Group = MM_GID

Run/etc/init. d/exim4 reload

Verification:

Code:

# Exim4-bt test@lists.mydomain.com. Test@lists.mydomain.com Router = mailman_router, transport = mailman_transport

7. modify the management forwarding account
Add/etc/aliases:
Mailman: root
Mailman-owner: mailman

The execution of newaliases has been added.

8. start mailman.
/Etc/init. d/mailman start

9 start a scheduled task
Cd/usr/lib/mailman/cron
Crontab. in

All done!