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20.16.1 ProblemYou want to set up some mail lists on your Postfix/Courier mail server. 20.16.2 SolutionYou'll need couriermlm (Courier mailing list manager), dot-courier, and cron. Users can create a list in any directory where they have write permissions. You might want to set up list directories for your users outside of their home directories, for example in /var. Run this command to create a directory for a new mailing list: $ couriermlm create /var/lists/php_list ADDRESS=php@test.net This creates a directory chock-full of templates and subdirectories: $ ls -xa php_list . .. adminrequest.tmpl archive bounces commands confsubj.tmpl digestsubj.tmpl fetch.tmpl fetchsubj.tmpl headeradd help.tmpl idxheader2html.tmpl idxheaderhtml.tmpl idxheadertxt.tmpl idxsubject.tmpl modqueue modrejbody.tmpl modreject.tmpl modrejheader.tmpl modsubject.tmpl modtext.tmpl modtext2.tmpl options sub.tmpl sub2.tmpl sub3.tmpl sub4.tmpl sub5.tmpl sublist subreportfooter.tmpl subreporthdr.tmpl subreporthdr1.tmpl subreporthdr2.tmpl subreporthdr3.tmpl tmp unsub.tmpl unsub2.tmpl unsub3.tmpl unsublist warn1headers.tmpl warn1text.tmpl warn1text2.tmpl warn2msg.tmpl Read the following template files, and edit them as necessary to suit your needs:
If you're running a public list and don't want to expose subscribers' personal addresses to spammers, use headerdel and headeradd together: # headerdel Reply-To: From: # headeradd Reply-To:php@test.net From:php@test.net Next, set up /etc/crontab to run couriermlm's hourly and daily commands: # m h dom mon dow user command @midnight alice couriermlm daily /var/lists/php_list @hourly alice couriermlm hourly /var/lists/php_list Finally, create some dot-courier files to direct administrative list mails to the appropriate user. These files go in the list manager's home directory. In this example, the php@test.net list is administered by user valorie. First, valorie creates /home/valorie/.courier-php. That tells the location of the php list: /usr/bin/couriermlm msg /var/lists/php_list Next is /home/valorie/.courier-php-owner: valorie@test.net And finally, /home/valorie/.courier-php-default: /usr/bin/couriermlm ctlmsg /var/lists/php_list This directs all the administrative list mail, such as subscribe/unsubscribe and help requests, to the correct mail list. 20.16.3 DiscussionThe hourly and daily commands clean up any stale entries in the /var/lists/php_list/commands directory. List users will use the following commands, in the list-command@domain format: php-help@test.net php-subscribe@test.net php-unsubscribe@test.net This is where those dot-courier files come into play, by directing these requests to the right places. 20.16.4 See Also
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