Files are in /usr/lib/mailman. Edit the file, /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py. Originally, I put our fqdn of the host in DEFAULT_URL_HOST and DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST, but this didn’t work. After I commented out these two lines, I was able to successfully run check_perms.
It put a file in /etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf that set up the aliases required for httpd. The location for the archive files is /var/lib/mailman/archives/public. I’d like this to be located on the same disk as the webpages. So, I’m just going to create a link from /var/lib/mailman to /web/hep/mailman. This will allow me to backup the archive along with all the other web files during my routine backups.
Create a site-wide list, to use for sending out password reminders.
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist mailman Enter the email of the person running the list: me@hep Initial mailman password: usual one To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the `newaliases' program: ## mailman mailing list mailman: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" Hit enter to notify mailman owner...