Qmail questions

[Berdzi]

Hi

I've been set up Qmail recently but I'm new in it and it's default
configuration so far. That's why I've got some questions:

1. How to configure maillist with qmail. I think of making user called
mailllist with /bin/false and place .qmail file in his directory which would
look like that:

&co...@my.domain
&co...@my.domain
...
etc.
But maybe it can be done with /var/qmail/alias somehow?
Tell me please.

2. About forwarding. I tested this feature. And when I forward message in my
/home/.qmail ( &m...@mailserver.domain) . And then I send mail from my other
mail account to my account on my qmail-serwer- the message is
straightforward forwarded into m...@mailserver.domain and it's not in my
/home/Mailbox. I want my message both to appear in my /home/Mailbox on my
qmail-server AND to be forwarded on another serwer (like
m...@mailserver.domain for example). How to do it?

3. Where to find some good piece of information and documentation about
qmail and configuration. The manuals are a little bit unfriendly.

Thanks a lot

Regards

[Dean Thompson]

Hi!,

> I've been set up Qmail recently but I'm new in it and it's default
> configuration so far. That's why I've got some questions:
>
> 1. How to configure maillist with qmail. I think of making user called
> mailllist with /bin/false and place .qmail file in his directory which
> would look like that:
>
> &co...@my.domain
> &co...@my.domain
> ...
> etc.

Why not using something like MailMan which you can use to provide listserv
functionality for your system. This might actually make mail listserv
management much easier for you than dealing with all the files that exist
within qmail. All you need to do is setup some aliases in qmail and the rest
takes care of itself. You might want to take a look at the link:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman.html

See ya

Dean Thompson

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[Michael F.]

Oh joy, qmail my preferred smtp mailer :)

What your doing below is basically aliases. Not very good in running a
mail list, but for something simple it would work, but give users no
control on how and when they should subscribe or unsubscribe.

Plenty of mail list manager things around, but if you want to get
something that works well with qmail, I suggest ezmlm-idx or just
simple ezmlm.

Info can be found on www.qmail.org

Good luck

Michael