[Pkg-exim4-users] Exim4 + Mailman (pipe)

[Marc Haber]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 07:21:03AM +0100, gigant wrote:
> i'm trying to install mailman on my debian server.
> I use Exim4 but when i try to use mailman with it i get only an error :(
> 
> exim4 -bt 5411@domain.de
> R: virtual for 5411@domain.de
> R: list for 5411@domain.de
> R: system_aliases for 5411@domain.de
> 5411@post-kutsche.de -> |"/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post 5411"
> *** Error in setting up pipe, file, or autoreply:
> pipe_transport unset in system_aliases router

That error message is trying to tell you that you need to set the
pipe_transport in your system_aliases router.

/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/400_exim4-config_system_aliases has plenty of
comments that will help in your situation. While you're at reading
docs, pay /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz a visit. Chances
are that you are using non-split config, so changes in
/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/400_exim4-config_system_aliases won't help.

Additionally, Debian's mailman package has a quite verbose HOWTO which
allows you to setup mailman without having to manually handle alias
files.

Greetings
Marc

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