SEE INSERTS ETC > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:46:32 -0500, Tim Holmes <tholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I am preparing to implement Mailman and sendmail here on our system to > > be able to manage a few mailing lists -- the base computer is a FC3 Box > > with plenty of horsepower, so I'm not worried there. My major concerns > > are: > > > > (a) will this cause any problems with our Exchange server that is in the > > same network? > > Some coordination will probably be necessary if the two boxes will > be using addresses from the same domain. Will your sendmail server > be a front-end for exchange, or set up in parallel to it, etc. > > Also I'm assuming you know at least the basics of DNS administration. > [Tim Holmes wrote] The Ideal is that Mailman would work WITH exchange removing the need for the sendmail server all together, but I am not sure if this is the case or not. > > (b) finding the proper resources etc for setting both of them up. I > > will be joining the Mailman and Sendmail lists if I can find them, but > > just looking stuff over it seems a bit daunting-- any hints, tips or > > suggestions that you folks have would be greatly appreciated > > I'd start with the mailman documentation at > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ > If you still need more information, you will probably need to dive > into sendmail itself. [Tim Holmes wrote] Cool -- makes sense > > If you've never managed sendmail before you've got a lot of > reading ahead of you. Sendmail is amazingly powerful and > flexible, but also one of the most complex pieces of software. > Without starting a sendmail flamewar, you should definitely > stock up on the appropriate O'Reilly books. There's two you > will want (http://www.oreilly.com/): > > Sendmail cookbook, Dec 2003 > Sendmail, 3rd ed, Dec 2002 > > (be sure to get the 3rd ed, and not an earlier one). > > Don't worry about reading the whole book, you won't need > most of the esoteric stuff. > > There was also an older O'Reilly book titled Managing > Mailing Lists, but it may be out of print or hard to find. It didn't > cover mailman, but still contains a lot of general mail list > management information. If you can find this book cheaply, > it is still worth having. > > -- > Deron Meranda > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
