Re: [cobalt-users] majordomo only uses central dir

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonas Pasche <jonas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On the RaQ2, majordomo is used internally by the Cobalt server.  It may or
may
> >not be for the RaQ3.  If it is, it would be wise to install a second copy of
> >majordomo and use it instead if that's an option for you.  You can grab
1.94.5
> >from http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/.
>
> hehe... are you from cobalt's support departement? that's the thing they
> told me, too :-)

No, but I told them to tell you that.  ;-)  Seriously though, I have a RaQ2 and
I've been running a second copy of majordomo for all of my lists and my clients'
lists.  I just upgraded from 1.94.4 to 1.94.5 a few days ago.

> thanks for your help; i'll try to do it manually, but i would be happier if
> someone can tell me what's going on here, and how to fix it that we can
> manage out lists through the list management. :-)

Unless Cobalt has extended the amount of list configuration that can be done
through the GUI on the RaQ3, I find the GUI way too limited for administering
and configuring majordomo lists.  And it's not setup to handle virtual domains
which means you can't have the same listname on more than one virtual domain.
You can administer and configure majordomo lists entirely from email.  To
retrieve the config file you send a message to majordomo with "config listname
password" in the body, to modify it you send it back to majordomo with
"newconfig listname password" as the first line.  A good tutorial on setting up
majordomo for virtual domains can be found at
http://o2.towery.com/~ernestm/admin/majordomo/majorvirt.html.  You might not
need this personally, but I want to make sure it's in the Cobalt archives.  :-)

Looking at your original post again, I think your main concern is that if you
have a list called "mylist" and your RaQ3 hosts domain1.com and domain2.com then
the list can be reached at mylist@xxxxxxxxxxx, mylist@xxxxxxxxxxx, and
mylist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  Is that the problem?  If so, you really need to configure
majordomo for virtual domains (see the URL above).  If your concern is that
anyone can post to these lists or see that they exist by emailing
majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "lists" in the subject, you need to
change your configuration.  You can configure the lists so that no one can post
to them (except you with a password), they can't be retrieved from a "lists"
command, etc.  It's not really a Cobalt issue, other than the GUI's
functionality and the installed configuration is not very flexible.  Your best
bet is to check out http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/, read the help files
and man pages, and read the list archives at the previous URL.

If you have more details or questions let me know.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}