Mailman Integration Zimbra 7 At ALPHA

Mailman Intregration with Zimbra Server for Nation Today (Alpha)

Update packages:

yum install gcc gcc-c++ python-devel

Download MailMan Source Code From:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/mailman-2.1.15.tgz

Add the group and user:http:

groupadd mailman

useradd -s /sbin/nologin -g mailman mailman

Create the installation directory:

As the Environment is on DRBD + Heartbeat , /opt is DRBD mounted partition , which is getting block level replicated to other machine so ensure that mailman is created under /opt

mkdir -p /opt/mailman

ln -s /opt/mailman /usr/local/mailman

Create the installation directory:

cd /usr/local/
chgrp mailman mailman
chmod a+rx,g+ws mailman

Install Mailman:

cd /downloads
tar xzvf mailman-2.1.15.tgz
cd mailman-2.1.15
./configure --with-username=mailman --with-groupname=mailman --with-mail-gid=mailman --with-cgi-gid=zimbra
make 
make install

Default Installation Path:

cd /usr/local/mailman/

bin/check_perms -f

cd archives

chown zimbra private

chmod o-x private

Set up your web server

cd /opt/zimbra/conf/

vim httpd.conf

Write below lines:

ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/

<Directory /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/>

AllowOverride None

Options ExecCGI

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

</Directory>

Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/

<Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public>

Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks

AllowOverride None

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

</Directory>

#Uncomment line & Modify

ServerName mail.nationtoday.in:80

save and exit

cd /opt/zimbra/httpd/htdocs

mkdir mmimages

cp /usr/local/mailman/icons/* mmimages/

# Zimbra user

zmapachectl stop

zmapachectl start

Changes postfix configuration

Add/Modify /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf so that following varibles are set as shown, as zimbra user

virtual_alias_maps = ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap vam.cf, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/ virtual-mailman

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases

save and exit

If It's not changed then u apply below steps:

In /opt/zimbra/conf/zmmta.cf

POSTCONF alias_maps LOCAL postfix_alias_maps

to

POSTCONF alias_maps hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases,hash:/etc/aliases

POSTCONF virtual_alias_maps LOCAL postfix_virtual_alias_maps

to

POSTCONF virtual_alias_maps

hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman,proxy:ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vam.cf,

and add a line

POSTCONF inet_interfaces all

then su - zimbra

Command:

# zmprov ms node.nationtoday.in zimbraMtaMyDestination '$myhostname,

localhost.$mydomain, localhost'

where node.nationtoday.in is the hostname of the zimbra server

postfix reload

Add following lines at the end of /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py file.

DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'nationtoday.in'

DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mail.nationtoday.in'

VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear()

add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)

DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s:7780/mailman/'

PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL = 'http://%(hostname)s/pipermail/%(listname)s'

VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = On

MTA = 'Postfix'

POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD = '/opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postalias'

POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = '/opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postmap'

IMAGE_LOGOS = '/mmimages/'

POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = [ 'nationtoday.in' ]

save and exit

# Zimbra User

# zmcontrol restart

Add a sitewide list called mailman (Mandatory)

# As root

cd /usr/local/mailman

bin/newlist mailman

bin/config_list -i data/sitelist.cfg mailman

# This is just to make sure that aliases and virtual-mailman files get generated. Until you add a virtual-domain based list, virtual-mailman won't be generated.

# cd /usr/local/mailman

# bin/genaliases

Aliases and virtual-mailman must be owned by mailman.

chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases*

chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman*

Setup mailman cron

cd /usr/local/mailman/cron

crontab -u mailman crontab.in

Setup daemon

cp /usr/local/mailman/scripts/mailman /etc/init.d

chkconfig --add mailman

Create your first list mailman:

bin/newlist mailman "give the information and password:"

Start the mailman service:

bin/mailmanctl -s start

chown mailman:mailman data/aliases*

chmod g+w data/aliases*

Restart Zimbraserver and Mailman Services

# zmcontrol restart

cd /usr/local/mailman

bin/mailmanctl -s stop

bin/mailmanctl -s start

chkconfig --add mailman

chkconfig mailman on

Set admin password for all list :

bin/mmsitepass

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