mail/mailman + Postfix

[Dan Langille]

Hi,

I was just reading README.POSTFIX from mailman.  I found this:

  - When you configure Mailman, use the --with-mail-gid=mailman
    switch (actually, this will be the default if you configured
    Mailman after adding the `mailman' owner).  Because the owner of
    the aliases.db file is `mailman', Postfix will execute Mailman's
    wrapper program as uid and gid mailman.

But in the ouput from 'make options' I see:

* MAIL_GID [mailnull]
The group name or id under which your MTA performs mail delivery

  Getting the value of MAIL_GID right is crucial to getting Mailman 
to work
  with your MTA.  By default this port works with Sendmail.  If 
you're
  using an alternative MTA installed from ports, you should set 
MAIL_GID at
  build time according to the following table.  You may use either 
the
  group name or the numerical GID.  (Please contact this port's 
maintainer
  if you wish to fill in the blanks or report mistakes!)

  ----------------------------------------------------
  MTA     | MAIL_GID       | Submitted by
  Exim3   | nobody (65534) | <wjv at FreeBSD.org>
  Exim4   | mail   (6)     | <wjv at FreeBSD.org>
  Postfix | nobody (65534) | <shamrock at cypherpunks.to>
  Qmail   | ???            |
  ----------------------------------------------------

It appears that the port is conflicting with the software 
recommendations.

It also appears others have had similar issues:
http://www.vmlinuz.ca/archives/elug/2003-01/msg00038.html

I'm about to try MAIL_GID=mailman

Cheers

-- 
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/