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  • From: Niklas Matthies <address@concealed>
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  • Subject: Re: [sympa-users] mailname vs. hostname
  • Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:21:21 +0200

Thanks, David. We don't use virtual hosts. I'll send you our
sympa.conf shortly.

On Fri 2009-04-24 at 09:39h, David Verdin wrote on sympa-users:
> Hi Niklas,
>
> Well there is sure something wrong with your configuration. Normally, if
> have lists.domain.ltd in your sympa.conf, it should be used in the list
> names and URL.
> Maybe you have a virtual host or a host parameter set in your lists config?
> The character string 'listserv.ourdomain.tld ' must appear somewhere in
> your config, either in symap.conf or robot.conf or config or in the list
> templates.
>
> If you like, send us - off list - your server and virtual host config.
> we can have a look at them and maybe spot something wrong.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> Niklas Matthies a écrit :
> >Hello,
> >
> >Im setting up an installation of Sympa 5.3.4, the version that is
> >currently packaged for Ubuntu. In sympa.conf I have set
> >
> > domain lists.ourdomain.tld
> >
> >which is the mailname of the system (as in /etc/mailname), and is
> >different from the hostname, which is listserv.ourdomain.tld.
> >Mails need to use the mailname, as mails aren't routed for the
> >hostname. The URL for WWSympa on the other hand uses the hostname,
> >i.e. it is http://listserv.ourdomain.tld/wss/.
> >
> >Unfortunately WWSympa displays the list adresses as <listname>@
> >listserv.ourdomain.tld instead of as <listname>@lists.ourdomain.tld,
> >and Sympa is sending mails with the "listserv" in the From: headers
> >instead of with "lists".
> >
> >How can I tell Sympa the domain it should assume for mail adresses?
> >Am I misunderstanding the 'domain' setting in sympa.conf?
> >Or is this a bug in this version of Sympa?
> >What else could be wrong?
> >
> >-- Niklas Matthies
> >
>
> --
> David Verdin
> Comité réseau des universités
>


-- Niklas Matthies



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