With a recent version of Sympa (>=5 ?), wws manages aliases automatically in /etc/mail/sympa_aliases (or /etc/mail/sympa.aliases in Debian).
However, for instance in Debian, when using it with exim4, you’ll need to let Exim know it should use /etc/mail/sympa_aliases.
It seems to me that the following snippet should do the trick. Just copy the whole block of the ”system_aliases” driver just bellow it, naming the new one ”sympa_aliases”, for instance, and replace the ”lsearch{/etc/aliases}” by ”lsearch{/etc/mail/sympa.aliases}” in the new driver. You may also need to add a user = sympa definition too in that block.
As I understand it, if the first ”system_aliases” redirect driver fails, it will do the same with the next one (”sympa_aliases”).
In Debian, depending on the choices of configuration for exim4, you may need to add a new file (split config), or change /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template (single file), and then update the setup with the update-exim4.conf command (man 8 update-exim4.conf for more details). More details may be found in http:bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=169102 .
You may also need to add sympa to the list of users in MAIN_TRUSTED_USERS variable, maybe (to be confirmed).
Hope this helps (and works)
Olivier Berger olivier.berger AT int-edu.eu
===== Exim & Sympa =====
Context : Exim, Vmail (virtual domains with Mysql), and Sympa.
It’s not necessary to add some config directives about Sympa in exim.conf …
* for local addresses like sympa-request@domain.tld :
* add this in your /etc/aliases
mylist : “| /path/to/sympa/queue mylist@domain.tld”
* for each virtual domain (ie : @domain2.tld) managed by the same server:
* add this in your /etc/aliases
mylist_domain2_tld : “| /path/to/sympa/queue mylist@domain.tld mylist@domain2.tld”
* AND in your virtual domains tool manager (ie : @domain2.tld), you just have to create a forwarder like this :
mylist → mylist_domain2_tld
It’s very simple and it work…. I suppose that your Exim is already well configured to serve messages to your virtual domains … an easy-to-use tool for managing vdomains: http:www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/vmail-sql/
Benoit Lathiere
trusted_users = mail : sympa
sympa_pipe:
driver = pipe command = "/usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue $local_part" return_path_add delivery_date_add envelope_to_add user = nobody group = nogroup
sympa_special_pipe:
driver = pipe command = "/usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue $local_part$local_part_suffix" return_path_add delivery_date_add envelope_to_add user = nobody group = nogroup
sympa_bounce_pipe:
driver = pipe command = "/usr/lib/sympa/bin/bouncequeue $local_part" return_path_add delivery_date_add envelope_to_add user = nobody group = nogroup
sympa: driver = smartuser
# if you want to restrict only to some domain, put there # domains = liste.ac.concordia-pordenone.it
transport = sympa_pipe require_files = /var/lib/sympa/list_data/$local_part
sympa_special:
driver = smartuser
# if you want to restrict only to some domain, put there
#
domains = liste.ac.concordia-pordenone.it
transport = sympa_special_pipe suffix = -request : -editor : -subscribe : -unsubscribe require_files = /var/lib/sympa/list_data/$local_part
sympa_bounce:
driver = smartuser
# if you want to restrict only to some domain, put there
#
domains = liste.ac.concordia-pordenone.it
transport = sympa_bounce_pipe suffix = -owner require_files = /var/lib/sympa/list_data/$local_part
system_aliases: driver = aliasfile file_transport = address_file pipe_transport = address_pipe file = /etc/aliases search_type = lsearch user = sympa
Typically it suffices to add user = sympa to the end. ;)
spamfilter2 AT mupp.net, gaio AT sv.lnf.it, olivier.berger AT int-evry.fr
If you prefer to have the aliases defined in the Exim configuration then these Routers and Transports can be used instead of updating the sympa.aliases file.
# Aliases
# Using aliases makes configuration easier to manage
# These aliases are based on FreeBSD ports and can be changed for other systems
SYMPA_EXPL = /usr/local/sympa/list_data
SYMPA_ROBOT = /usr/local/etc/sympa
SYMPA_QUEUE = /usr/local/bin/queue
SYMPA_BOUNCE = /usr/local/bin/bouncequeue
# Allow exim to submit to sympa
trusted_users = sympa
# Routers
# This accepts sympa@example.com as the command submission address
sympa_list_command:
driver = accept
condition = ${if eqi{$local_part}{sympa}{1}{0}}
require_files = +SYMPA_HOME/${lc::$domain}/robot.conf
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_bounce
list:
driver = accept
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_queue
listrequest:
driver = accept
local_part_suffix = -request
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_queue
listeditor:
driver = accept
local_part_suffix = -editor
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_queue
listsubscribe:
driver = accept
local_part_suffix = -subscribe
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_queue
listunsubscribe:
driver = accept
local_part_suffix = -unsubscribe
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_queue
listowner:
driver = accept
local_part_suffix = -owner
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_bounce
listbounce:
driver = accept
local_part_prefix = bounce+
require_files = +SYMPA_EXPL/${lc::$domain}/robot.conf
retry_use_local_part
transport = sympa_bounce
#Transports
sympa_command:
driver = pipe
command = "SYMPA_QUEUE sympa\@$domain"
return_fail_output
user = sympa
sympa_queue:
driver = pipe
command = "SYMPA_QUEUE ${local_part}${local_part_suffix}\@$domain"
return_fail_output
user = sympa
sympa_bounce:
driver = pipe
command = "SYMPA_BOUNCE ${local_part_prefix}${local_part}\@$domain"
return_fail_output
user = sympa
Note:
bounce+ prefix and -owner suffix are Sympa defaults, change them if you need to.
Alan Hicks ahicks AT p-o.co.uk
See also : http:listes.cru.fr/sympa/arc/sympa-users/2008-01/msg00086.html for Czakó Krisztián's contribution – OlivierBerger