Re: [Exim] mailman error

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Author: Joseph Kezar
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To: Nigel.Metheringham
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] mailman error

Answering my own question,
I read one of your old postings in the mailing list in regards to this
very issue.
Ans I found my answer. The MAILMAN_UID and GID where incorrect.
Thanks anyhow,

Joseph Kezar wrote:

> I did what you said and read the mailman-exim HOWTO.
> When I post an email I get this error:
>
> Child process of list_transport transport returned 2 from command:
>    /home/mailman/mail/wrapper

>
> Any ideas?
>
> Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 14:18, Joseph Kezar wrote:
>>
>>> What does your list_request_transport look like?
>>>
>>> Mine looks like this:
>>>
>>> **My Transport**
>>> system_alias_mailman_transport:
>>> driver = pipe
>>> return_output
>>> user = mail
>>> group = mail
>>>
>>> **My director**
>>> system_aliases:
>>> driver = aliasfile
>>> file = /etc/aliases
>>> user = mailman
>>> group = mailman
>>> search_type = lsearch
>>> pipe_transport = system_alias_mailman_transport
>>>
>>> I'm certainly not an exim whiz. I do know that this has been
>>> working for us quite some time now.
>>>
>>
>> Why do you need the transport? If you are doing Mailman from an aliases
>> file, then its easier to just change the user/group on the aliases
>> director and use the generic pipe transport, rather than require an
>> additional special purpose transport.
>>
>> Alternatively, I'd recommend folks to use the config documented in
>> Mailman's README.exim file, or on
>>     http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman.html
>> but then I wrote it so I would think its good :-)

>>
>>     Nigel.

>>
>


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Joseph Kezar