[Linux-disciples] Mailman virtual domains

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 04:24:05PM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that Mailman looks in a
> standard location (/etc/mailman or whatever) when it starts.
> Hm.

Looks as though the answer is 'no':
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.047.htp

Mailman FAQ Entry
4.47. Virtual domain hosting with Mailman?
From a recent thread on the mailman-users mailing list (see <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037415.html>), Richard Barrett said:

 With unmodified, standard Mailman source code, there is a single 
 namespace for list names shared by all virtual host supported by a 
 given Mailman installation. Multiple installations on the same machine 
 can be used to avoid the list naming restrictions this creates.

 The modified version of Mailman, shipped by Cpanel as part of their 
 commercial hosting product for ISPs, adopts a different, 
 list-name-munging solution to the problem but Cpanel have not made the
 modified source code generally available in the public domain.

I would like to add that running the CPanel software, or hosting your list at CPanel, will require that you get all your Mailman support from them. See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.011.htp> for details.

Another option would be to look at patches to try to supply this kind of functionality with older versions of Mailman. Looking through the set of Mailman patches at SourceForge, we run across <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=943827&group_id=103&atid=300103>, which was developed for use under Debian stable with their binary package version 2.1.1-5.1 of Mailman. However, this patch may require significant effort to get it to work with more modern versions of Mailman (e.g., 2.1.5).

Searching the archives of the mailman-users mailing list will likely turn up other discussions of this subject, especially the thread at <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-June/037439.html>, which is another excellent discussion of the subject by Richard Barrett. 

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