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Subject: Re: virtual hosting and email lists
From: John Robens <jrobens @ socialchange . net . au>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:59:41 +1000 (EST)
To: Omar Thameen <omar @ clifford . inch . com>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM, Marcus Dillury <marcus @ socialchange . net . au>
In-reply-to: <19991028191321.A11755@clifford.inch.com>

Omar

Yes that is what we had, but there are about 5 requests for forum, news
etc.

It has been a hard slog, but I think that I have the procmail setup
working now. I have to configure it quite exactly though, so the
maintenance is a problem. If I could find a simpler way it would be
excellent.


On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Omar Thameen wrote:

> I use a combination of sendmail's virtualusers table and alias file.
> The virtualusers table makes list-request@domain.com map to list-request,
> so you end up with local aliases.  The alias file allows you to execute
> programs.
> 
> Here's an example:
> 
> The virtualusers file:
> 
> owner-test@virt.domain.com         jdoe@wherever.com
> test-owner@virt.domain.com         owner-test@virt.domain.com
> test@virt.domain.com               test
> test-approval@virt.domain.com      jdoe@wherever.com
> test-outgoing@virt.domain.com      test-outgoing
> test-request@virt.domain.com       test-request
> 
> The alias file:
> 
> test:         "|/usr/local/server/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test -h virt.domain.com -C /usr/local/etc/majordomo/majordomo-virt.domain.com.cf test-outgoing,devnull"
> test-outgoing:        :include:/home/majordom/lists/test, "|/usr/local/server/majordomo/wrapper archive -a -m -f /home/majordom/archives/test/test"
> test-request:         "|/usr/local/server/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l test -C /usr/local/etc/majordomo/majordomo-virt.domain.com.cf"
> 
> 
> This presupposes that all listnames will be unique.  Also not that we create
> a separate majordomo.cf file for each virtual domain.
> 
> --
> Omar
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 12:55:04AM +1000, John Robens wrote:
> > My problem is that I am trying to use procmail to parse the headers to
> > work out what messages should be passed to the outgoing user.
> > 
> > I can map the majordomo users using the virtualusers table in sendmail,
> > but can it run the commands required to put a full majordomo configuration
> > in there? Since it is a fixed dbm format I thought not to risk it. I
> > wanted the mailing lists (there are lots) separated (secondary
> > requirement) from the sendmail, as I am in the process of migrating them
> > between hosts. 
> 

--
John Robens
Technical Services Manager
Social Change Online

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