Mailman

1. Install Mailman-2.1 using yum install mailman. For the short term, we are using Mailman-2.0.x, but by using yum install, the mailman user gets set up.
2. Download Mailman from http://www.list.org We were running mailman-1.0rc2, and upgraded to mailman-1.1 in March, 2001. From 11/2010 until 10/2012, andrews was running Mailman-2.0.3. Moog is running Mailman-2.0.13. We should upgrade to Mailman-2.1, which would require changing the web ui. To see what version is installed, run /export/home/mailman_2/bin/version
3. (This step is obsolete) Download and install Python from http://www.python.org Python 1.5.2 corresponds with mailman-1.1

   1. 	./configure
      	make >& make.out &
      	tail -f make.out
      	make install
      	

   Problem: pasting "PREFIX" and ""/scripts/"" While running make, the gcc error message: ./common.c:26:1: pasting "PREFIX" and ""/scripts/"" does not give a valid preprocessing token appears. The fix is to do the substitution by hand.

   //#define SCRIPTDIR PREFIX##"/scripts/"      /* trailing slash */                              
   #define SCRIPTDIR "/home/mailman_5/scripts/"         /* trailing slash */
   

4. Be sure that /etc/passwd contains
   New: for moog:

   mailman:x:41:41:GNU Mailing List Manager:/usr/lib/mailman:/sbin/nologin
   

   and /etc/group contains:

   mailman:x:41:apache
   

   The apache user must be in the mailman group or else the web ui won't be able to update the config.db pages.
   Old: for andrews:

   mailman:x:14791:1000::/home/mailman:/bin/sh
   

   and /etc/group contains

   mailman::1000:cxh,apache,marys,allenh,
   

5. Set up the mailman home directory

   mkdir /export/home/mailman
   chown mailman.mailman /export/home/mailman
   chmod 02775 /export/home/mailman
   (cd /home; ln -s /export/home/mailman .)
   

6. 
   New, on moog:
   Old, on andrews: Run configure with gid==502, which is the www gid. Don't use the apache gid, see Mailman CGI Error.

   ./configure --with-cgi-gid=502
   make 
   make install
   

   
   Old, on andrews: Run configure with gid==105, which is the apache gid

   ./configure --with-cgi-gid=105
   make 
   make install
   

7. ln -s /usr/local/bin/python /usr/bin
   

The next step is to Install Mailman for a new website.

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