[techtalk] How to setup my own listserv?

[Stephan Zaniolo]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2000 03:28:29 +1000, Jenn V. said:

> 
>  
>  Stephan Zaniolo wrote:
>  > 
>  >	  I'm trying to setup a listserv using Mailman.  Do I need to
>  > install some sort of sendmail type program, or can I just install
>  > Mailman?  It's a Red Hat 6.2 box connected to the Internet with it's
>  own
>  > IP and domain name.  Users on the box don't need e-mail accounts
>  (they
>  > can ssh into another machine to send e-mail).  This box will just
>  forward
>  > any mail it gets to the list.
>  
>  Mailman manages the 'send-to-multiple-recipients' part of the job, but
>  it
>  doesn't do the actual mail carrying.
>  
>  The real-world analogy would be that mailman is the franking machine
>  and
>  the 'mail-merge' program, but you still wind up holding a bunch of
>  envelopes and taking them to the post office.
>  
>  Sendmail is the post office. (So's smail, postfix, etc..)
>  
>  So yes, you need an actual mailer.
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  Jenn V.
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>  
>  Jenn Vesperman	  jenn at simegen.com    
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	Thank you very much for the info (I wasn't to sure how it worked,
great analogy! :^).  I've gotten Postfix setup (that was the easy part
;^), but now I'm trying to get Mailman working (I keep getting a URL not
found, it's probably just a configuration goof somewhere. :^).	I'll work
on it somemore over the next couple of days.

Thanks,
Stephan  :^)