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The following are the steps you need to take to make this work. <p> In the description below, we assume that you've installed Mailman in the default location, i.e. <span class="file">/usr/local/mailman</span>. If that's not the case, adjust the instructions according to your use of <b class="program">configure</b>'s <b class="programopt">--prefix</b> and <b class="programopt">--with-var-prefix</b> options. <p> <div class="note"><b class="label">Note:</b> If you are using virtual domains and you want Mailman to honor your virtual domains, read the <a href="postfix-virtual.html#postfix-virtual">6.1</a> section below first! </div> <p> <ul> <li>Add this to the bottom of the <span class="file"><var>$prefix</var>/Mailman/mm_cfg.py</span> file: <p> <div class="verbatim"><pre> MTA = 'Postfix' </pre></div> <p> The MTA variable names a module in the <span class="file">Mailman/MTA</span> directory which contains the mail server-specific functions to be executed when a list is created or removed. <p> </li> <li>Look at the <span class="file">Defaults.py</span> file for the variables <var>POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD</var> and <var>POSTFIX_MAP_CMD</var> command. Make sure these point to your <b class="program">postalias</b> and <b class="program">postmap</b> programs respectively. Remember that if you need to make changes, do it in <span class="file">mm_cfg.py</span>. <p> </li> <li>Run the <b class="program">bin/genaliases</b> script to initialize your <span class="file">aliases</span> file. <p> <div class="verbatim"><pre> % cd /usr/local/mailman % bin/genaliases </pre></div> <p> Make sure that the owner of the <span class="file">data/aliases</span> and <span class="file">data/aliases.db</span> file is <code>mailman</code>, that the group owner for those files is <code>mailman</code>, or whatever user and group you used in the configure command, and that both files are group writable: <p> <div class="verbatim"><pre> % su % chown mailman:mailman data/aliases* % chmod g+w data/aliases* </pre></div> <p> </li> <li>Hack your Postfix's <span class="file">main.cf</span> file to include the following path in your <var>alias_maps</var> variable: <p> <div class="verbatim"><pre> /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases </pre></div> <p> Note that there should be no trailing <code>.db</code>. Do not include this in your <var>alias_database</var> variable. This is because you do not want Postfix's <b class="program">newaliases</b> command to modify Mailman's <span class="file">aliases.db</span> file, but you do want Postfix to consult <span class="file">aliases.db</span> when looking for local addresses. <p> You probably want to use a <code>hash:</code> style database for this entry. Here's an example: <p> <div class="verbatim"><pre> alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases </pre></div> <p> </li> <li>When you configure Mailman, use the <b class="programopt">--with-mail-gid=mailman</b> switch; this will be the default if you configured Mailman after adding the <code>mailman</code> owner. Because the owner of the <span class="file">aliases.db</span> file is <code>mailman</code>, Postfix will execute Mailman's wrapper program as uid and gid <code>mailman</code>. <p> </li> </ul> <p> That's it! One caveat: when you add or remove a list, the <span class="file">aliases.db</span> file will updated, but it will not automatically run <b class="program">postfix reload</b>. This is because you need to be root to run this and suid-root scripts are not secure. 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