On Thu, 01 Jun 2000 03:28:29 +1000, Jenn V. said:
>
>
> Stephan Zaniolo wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to setup a listserv using Mailman. Do I need to
> > install some sort of sendmail type program, or can I just install
> > Mailman? It's a Red Hat 6.2 box connected to the Internet with it's
> own
> > IP and domain name. Users on the box don't need e-mail accounts
> (they
> > can ssh into another machine to send e-mail). This box will just
> forward
> > any mail it gets to the list.
>
> Mailman manages the 'send-to-multiple-recipients' part of the job, but
> it
> doesn't do the actual mail carrying.
>
> The real-world analogy would be that mailman is the franking machine
> and
> the 'mail-merge' program, but you still wind up holding a bunch of
> envelopes and taking them to the post office.
>
> Sendmail is the post office. (So's smail, postfix, etc..)
>
> So yes, you need an actual mailer.
>
>
>
>
> Jenn V.
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Thank you very much for the info (I wasn't to sure how it worked,
great analogy! :^). I've gotten Postfix setup (that was the easy part
;^), but now I'm trying to get Mailman working (I keep getting a URL not
found, it's probably just a configuration goof somewhere. :^). I'll work
on it somemore over the next couple of days.
Thanks,
Stephan :^)
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