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

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 domains (ie : @domain2.tld) managed by thes 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's work.... I suppose that your Exim is already well configured to serve messages to your virtual domains... an easy-to-use tool for managing vdoamins : http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/vmail-sql/

Benoit Lathiere

• Add sympa to the trusted users in main section

trusted_users = mail : sympa

• Add these transports to transports section

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

• Add these directors to directors section

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/expl/$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/expl/$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/expl/$local_part

• you have to add/modify the system_aliases director as:

system_aliases:
  driver = aliasfile
  file_transport = address_file
  pipe_transport = address_pipe
  file = /etc/aliases
  search_type = lsearch
  user = sympa

Typically it sufficies 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/expl 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