Re: Majordomo for real dummies.

["sivabalakrishnan.G" <siva @ visolve . com>]

Hello ,

 

>I installed majordomo today, but I still don't have a clue of how to create a
>list on my mail server. I have read the documents over and over again, but
>still I'm confused.

 

>Could someone please give me a detail description of how I can create a
>mailing list using majordomo?

 

>Assume I want to create my own list called "majordomo-for-real-dumbass" and
>add my e-mail address to the list?

 

You can create a list with name "majordomo-for-real-dumbass" by following the steps given below .

 

cd <to lists path>
#touch lists/majordomo-for-real-dumbass
#chown daemon:daemon lists/majordomo-for-real-dumbass
#chmod 644 lists/majordomo-for-real-dumbass
 
Edit the file /etc/aliases (or)  /etc/mail/aliases

majordomo: "|<path to wrapper>/wrapper majordomo"
owner-majordomo:<user name>
majordomo-users: :include:<majordomo installed path>/majordomo/lists/majordomo-for-real-dumbass
owner-majordomo-users:<user name>

 

Restart the sendmail

 

Edit: /opt/iexpress/majordomo/majordomo.cf

Eg;
$whereami = "172.16.1.156";
$whoami = "siva\@$whereami";
$whoami_owner = "siva\@$whereami";if ( defined $ENV{"HOME"}) {
     $homedir = $ENV{"HOME"};
} else {
     $homedir = "/opt/iexpress/majordomo";
}

 

To subscribe as a user in the majordomo-for-real-dumbass list.

 

1.login as that user

 

2.Mail to majordomo on requesting to subscribe

 

Eg;
$ mail majordomo
subscribe majordomo-for-real-dumbass
.

 

3.For confirmation sed
Eg,
$ mail majordomo
auth dd352694 subscribe majordomo-for-real-dumbass siva@krishna.kovaiteam.com
.

 

Now the email address eg;siva@krishna.kovaiteam.com is subscribed to majordomo-for-real-dumbass

 

 

Regards,

Sivabalakrishnan.G

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