Mailman virtual-mailman.db

[Vizion]

> 
> From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey at goldmark.org>
> Date: 2007/04/17 Tue AM 08:51:42 PDT
> To: Vizion <vizion at vizion.occoxmail.com>
> CC: <freebsd-ports at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Mailman virtual-mailman.db
> 
> On Apr 17, 2007, at 7:29 AM, Vizion wrote:
> 
> > I am missing something in facilitating the creation of virtual- 
> > mailman.db.
> >
> > I get the failure line in maillog
> >
> > fatal: open database /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db
> >
> > I have gonne through the docs but am obviously missing something.
> >
> > Could anyone please let me know:
> > 1. How virtual-mailman.db is created
> 
> The answer below assumes that you are also using postfix
> 
> It is created from
> 
>    /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
> 
> (assuming you haven't modified the install location and installed  
> from ports), which mailman should also create for you.
> 
> Mailman actually calls the postfix utility, postmap, to generate  
> the .db file.
> 
> To create these files the first time, run
> 
>   /usr/local/mailman/bin/genaliases
> 
> which should create these files.
> 
> > 2. Ideally some examples from relevant config files would be ideal.
> >
> > I do seem to ne struggling with mailman!!!
> 
> Mailman takes a fair amount of post installation configuration,  
> requiring fairly solid understanding of mail transport, apache and,  
> it seems, mailman itself.  So it is easy to overlook things in the  
> documentation, but this is in
> 
>   /usr/local/share/doc/mailman/mailman-install.txt
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -j
> 
>Thanks for getting back so quickly
For some reason
/usr/local/mailman/bin/genaliases
does not create that file..

I think I am missing something else.

I could send some more info if you would be willing to take a look

david