I am trying to set up Smartlist (is there a separate list for that?).
Do I need root access to do this? I have my own domain and shell access on the system where all mail to this domain gets delivered but I don't have root acces there. I can install Smartlist but it appears to need accesss to /usr/lib/aliases, is there any other way to do it?
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:56:55PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
Do I need root access to do this? I have my own domain and shell access on the system where all mail to this domain gets delivered but I don't have root acces there. I can install Smartlist but it appears to need accesss to /usr/lib/aliases, is there any other way to do it?
You will need cooperation from your sysadmin, certainly. (I suppose it would be possible to run SL off a single email address, but I'd hate to have to do it.) You'll only need this for setting up lists, though; they can run as a user thereafter.
Roger
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Roger Burton West wrote:
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:56:55PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
Do I need root access to do this?
(I suppose it would be possible to run SL off a single email address, but I'd
I think you have to comment out or munge some lines in rc.init and fix .procmailrc so the emails are piped to flist. But bounce handling isn't handled as well, according to some comments in the software.
At 12:48 AM -0500 11/18/00, lang is rumored to have typed:
I think you have to comment out or munge some lines in rc.init and fix .procmailrc so the emails are piped to flist. But bounce handling isn't handled as well, according to some comments in the software.
I never found that to be the case. Even under the virtual domain on a shared machine (I used a .forward to send all mail to procmail, and used TO for the lists which had the added benefit of _not_ allowing Bccs to hit the list without my manual piping), SmartList handled bounces quite well. I rarely had to get involved, and then only with brain-damaged mailers sending non-standard bounce messages (CompuServe's bounces were the goofiest ones).
So long as your provider is allowing you to run files as your user ID, it seems to work really well. (FYI, I didn't change any lines in rc.init, but did add some things to rc.custom on a list-by-list basis.)
Charlie
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 01:48:48PM +0800, lang wrote:
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Roger Burton West wrote:
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:56:55PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
Do I need root access to do this?
(I suppose it would be possible to run SL off a single email address, but I'd
I think you have to comment out or munge some lines in rc.init and fix .procmailrc so the emails are piped to flist. But bounce handling isn't handled as well, according to some comments in the software.
Yes, that's exactly what I want to do, is there any more detailed description of how to do it anywhere?
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:09:30PM +0000, Roger Burton West wrote:
(Reply sent directly to Chris and to the list)
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 03:56:55PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
Do I need root access to do this? I have my own domain and shell access on the system where all mail to this domain gets delivered but I don't have root acces there. I can install Smartlist but it appears to need accesss to /usr/lib/aliases, is there any other way to do it?
You will need cooperation from your sysadmin, certainly. (I suppose it would be possible to run SL off a single email address, but I'd hate to have to do it.) You'll only need this for setting up lists, though; they can run as a user thereafter.
I have as many E-Mail addresses as I like, mail for *any* addressee at isbd.co.uk arrives with me so I can route it with procmail among other things.
smartlist@lists.rwth-aachen.de
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