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Author:  harmone [ Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:33 am ]
Post subject:  How to enable piping in /etc/aliases?

How do I enable piping in /etc/aliases?

The default configuration in Debian is that piping is disabled. I think that Mailman will start to work if I enable it.

Author:  SteveG [ Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:29 pm ]
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Which mailserver? In postfix, it's enabled by default. Also, if you're not already committed to a particular MTA, postfix has nice automatic support for mailman (or, vice-versa, mailman make support in postfix nice.)

Author:  harmone [ Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:09 pm ]
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I have Exim4 installed. Do you know how to make it work with Exim4 by enabling piping? I didn't think the piping thingy was tied to Exim4 and that it could be solved by replacing it. I'll see if that can be an option. Thanks for the tip.

Author:  pclissold [ Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:23 pm ]
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Take a look at this. In particular the comment where it says "In fact in Debian Sarge's standard exim configuration pipes in /etc/aliases are not honored anyway."

The main article plus the rest of that comment may solve your problem.

Author:  harmone [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:40 am ]
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pclissold wrote:
Take a look at this. In particular the comment where it says "In fact in Debian Sarge's standard exim configuration pipes in /etc/aliases are not honored anyway."

The main article plus the rest of that comment may solve your problem.


Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it and report back.

Author:  harmone [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:38 pm ]
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I went with the "install postfix instead of exim4" option and it worked out of the box. Thanks everyone for your help.

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