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[Alan Hicks <address@concealed>]

Steffen Lindner wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> the last days i installed sympa on my server. I use exim as mailserver
> and i changed 
> the exim config as described in http://www.sympa.org/wiki/faq/exim. The
> installation for the main domain works like it should.
>
> So i started to get Sympa working on my virtual hosts. I used this
> tutorial: http://www.sympa.org/wiki/manual/virtual-hosts?s=exim.
> The wws works on the virtual hosts, i can create mailinglists but i cant
> send mails to them, they get rejected "550 unknown
> user (in reply to RCPT TO command)". I found out that
> in /etc/mail/sympa.aliases the entry for the virtual host is different 
> from the entry for the main Domain (which works). So i changed:
>
> #------------------------------ ddd: list alias created 05 May
> 2007                                                                                           
> zock-o-rama.de-ddd: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                                           
> zock-o-rama.de-ddd-request: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                           
> zock-o-rama.de-ddd-editor: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                             
> #zock-o-rama.de-ddd-subscribe: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                      
> zock-o-rama.de-ddd-unsubscribe: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"
> │                       
> zock-o-rama.de-ddd-owner: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/bouncequeue
> address@concealed"
>
> to:
>
> #------------------------------ ddd: list alias created 05 May
> 2007                                                                                           
> ddd: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                                           
> ddd-request: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                           
> ddd-editor: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                             
> #ddd-subscribe: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"                                                                      
> ddd-unsubscribe: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/queue
> address@concealed"
> │                       
> ddd-owner: "| /usr/lib/sympa/bin/bouncequeue address@concealed"
>
> Now i can send Mails to the list and they get bounced correct. But i
> cant use the 
> mailinglist commands like address@concealed ...
>
> Does someone have a idea what i it can be? And why sympa created a wrong
> alias? Or is it a configuration error?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steffen Lindner

Hi Steffen,

I'm running various lists using exim and sympa and have found that 
putting the following sympa aliases into the exim config routers and 
transports automates the whole process.  Hope this helps,
Alan

#Routers
# Sympa list aliases
sympa_list_command:
  driver = accept
  condition        = ${if eqi{$local_part}{sympa}{1}{0}}
  require_files = +/usr/local/etc/sympa/${lc::$domain}/robot.conf
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_bounce

list:
  driver = accept
  require_files = 
+/usr/local/sympa/expl/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_list

listrequest:
  driver = accept
  local_part_suffix = -request
  require_files = 
+/usr/local/sympa/expl/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_request

listeditor:
  driver = accept
  local_part_suffix = -editor
  require_files = 
+/usr/local/sympa/expl/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_editor

listsubscribe:
  driver = accept
  local_part_suffix = -subscribe
  require_files = 
+/usr/local/sympa/expl/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_subscribe

listunsubscribe:
  driver = accept
  local_part_suffix = -unsubscribe
  require_files = 
+/usr/local/sympa/expl/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_unsubscribe

listowner:
  driver = accept
  local_part_suffix = -owner
  require_files = 
+/usr/local/sympa/expl/${lc::$domain}/${local_part}/config
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_owner

listbounce:
  driver = accept
  local_part_prefix = bounce
  require_files = +/usr/local/etc/sympa/${lc::$domain}/robot.conf
  retry_use_local_part
  transport = sympa_bounce


#Transports
sympa_command:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/queue sympa\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

sympa_list:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/queue ${local_part}\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

sympa_request:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/queue ${local_part}-request\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

sympa_subscribe:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/queue ${local_part}-subscribe\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

sympa_unsubscribe:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/queue ${local_part}-unsubscribe\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

sympa_editor:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/queue ${local_part}-editor\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

# This transport is used for processing bounces
sympa_owner:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/bouncequeue ${local_part}\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa

sympa_bounce:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/local/bin/bouncequeue ${local_part}\@$domain"
  return_fail_output
  user = sympa