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The instructions here are different for each mail server; if your mail server is not described in the following subsections, try to generalize from the existing documentation, and consider contributing documentation updates to the Mailman developers. <p> <p><br /></p><hr class='online-navigation' /> <div class='online-navigation'> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <a name="CHILD_LINKS"><strong>Subsections</strong></a> <ul class="ChildLinks"> <li><a href="node12.html">6.1 Using the Postfix mail server</a> <ul> <li><a href="node13.html">6.1.1 Integrating Postfix and Mailman</a> <li><a href="postfix-virtual.html">6.1.2 Virtual domains</a> <li><a href="node15.html">6.1.3 An alternative approach</a> </ul> <li><a href="node16.html">6.2 Using the Exim mail server</a> <ul> <li><a href="node17.html">6.2.1 Exim configuration</a> <li><a href="node18.html">6.2.2 Main configuration settings</a> <li><a href="exim3-transport.html">6.2.3 Transport for Exim 3</a> <li><a href="node20.html">6.2.4 Director for Exim 3</a> <li><a href="node21.html">6.2.5 Router for Exim 4</a> <li><a href="node22.html">6.2.6 Transports for Exim 4</a> <li><a href="node23.html">6.2.7 Additional notes</a> <li><a href="node24.html">6.2.8 Problems</a> <li><a href="node25.html">6.2.9 Receiver Verification</a> <li><a href="node26.html">6.2.10 SMTP Callback</a> <li><a href="node27.html">6.2.11 Doing VERP with Exim and Mailman</a> <li><a href="node28.html">6.2.12 Virtual Domains</a> <li><a href="node29.html">6.2.13 List Verification</a> <li><a href="node30.html">6.2.14 Document History</a> </ul> <li><a href="node31.html">6.3 Using the Sendmail mail server</a> <ul> <li><a href="node32.html">6.3.1 Sendmail ``smrsh'' compatibility</a> <li><a href="node33.html">6.3.2 Integrating Sendmail and Mailman</a> <li><a href="node34.html">6.3.3 Performance notes</a> </ul> <li><a href="qmail-issues.html">6.4 Using the Qmail mail server</a> <ul> <li><a href="node36.html">6.4.1 Information on VERP</a> <li><a href="node37.html">6.4.2 Virtual mail server</a> <li><a href="node38.html">6.4.3 More information</a> </ul></ul> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'> <p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="5 set up your" href="node10.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Front Matter" href="front.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up one Level' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="6.1 using the Postfix" href="node12.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - Installation Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node10.html">5 Set up your</a> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="front.html">Front Matter</a> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node12.html">6.1 Using the Postfix</a> </div> </div> <hr /> <span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 14, 2009.</span> </div> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </body> </html>