mlmmj mailing list managing made joyful

Using mlmmj with qmail (and vpopmail)
by Fabio Busatto

This mini-HOWTO is a step-by-step guide for using mlmmj with qmail MTA
(http://www.qmail.org/), and it has been successfully tested also with vpopmail
virtual domains (http://www.inter7.com/vpopmail/).

Prerequisites:

• qmail (and vpopmail) correctly installed
• mlmmj correctly installed

Conventions:

• ${BINDIR}: directory with mlmmj binary files (/usr/local/bin/)
• ${LISTDIR}: directory with list configuration files (/var/spool/mlmmj/listname)
• ${DQFILE}: dot-qmail file (see below)

Configuration:

• the first thing you've to do is to create the list, using the mlmmj-make-ml.sh script (follow the classic procedure to do this step)
• enter the control directory for the list (${LISTDIR}/control/), and execute the following command:
  

  # cd ${LISTDIR}/control/; echo '-' > delimiter

• chown and chmod the file according to the mlmmj configuration
• create dot-qmail files for the list to handle direct requests and extensions:
  

  # echo -e "|${BINDIR}/mlmmj-recieve -L ${LISTDIR}" > ${DQFILE}

• chown and chmod the files according to the qmail (and vpopmail) configuration

WARNING: REMEMBER that the delimiter is -, so do not use + when composing mail
addresses for extensions!!!

WARNING: DO NOT USE 'preline' command in dot-qmail files, it will result in
mlmmj to not work properly!!!

Example:
Configuring mlmmj to handle ml@programmazione.it mailing list using qmail as MTA and vpopmail for virtual domain support:

# mlmmj-make-ml.sh -c vpopmail:vchkpw -L ml
Creating Directorys below /var/spool/mlmmj. Use '-s spooldir' to change
The Domain for the List? [] : programmazione.it
The emailaddress of the list owner? [postmaster] : postmaster@programmazione.it
The path to texts for the list? [/usr/local/share/mlmmj/text.skel] :
chown -R vpopmail:vchkpw /var/spool/mlmmj/ml? [y/n]: y

# cd /var/spool/mlmmj/ml/control/
# echo '-' > delimiter
# chown vpopmail:vchkpw delimiter
# cd /home/vpopmail/domains/programmazione.it/
# echo -e "|/usr/local/bin/mlmmj-recieve -L /var/spool/mlmmj/ml/" > .qmail-ml
# cp -a .qmail-ml .qmail-ml-default
# cat *-default
# chown vpopmail:vchkpw .qmail-ml .qmail-ml-default
# chmod 600 .qmail-ml .qmail-ml-default