[TriLUG] Mailman Setup?

[Ed Hill]

On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 17:11, Jon Carnes wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 16:29, Ryan Wheaton wrote:
> > hey guys,
> > 
> > Probably tomorrow I'm gonna dive head first into my first install of 
> > Mailman (2.1) on a fresh install of RH 9.  I can't find too much 
> > documentation on installation or setup of Mailman (haven't checked the 
> > READMEs that come in the .gz yet) so I'm assuming that most everything is 
> > in the READMEs.  Just wanted to ping the list and see if there's anything I 
> > should know before jumping in, or if anyone had any good links to some 
> > docs.  I've googled, but can't find much.  I figure someone has something 
> > to say since i'm positive that _someone_ here has installed it before :-)
> > 
> > -r
> 
> If you are installing via source (Kudos!) then the readmes will do a
> great job of walking you through it. 
> 
> I recommend that you use Postfix as the MTA and follow the
> POSTFIX.README. This will integrate your list creation very nicely!
> 
> Also, since you are installing from source, look up the htdig patches
> and install those before you crank on the final make.  You'll have to
> install htdig before installing Mailman, but it makes all the archives
> easily searchable - a definite plus.


D'oh!!!

I wish I'd seen this advice two months ago when I was setting up these
services for our group...

;-)

Ed

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