MikeL's FreeBSD howto

MikeL's FreeBSD howto - Majordomo

[20200428]

Do not use majordomo, it's long dead. Installing mailman instead.

Ignore everything below...

(27-Jan-2001)

This is basically a checklist of how to make Majordomo work. The intent is not to cover everything in detail, merely to point you to each of the tasks that must be performed.

(majordomo man page, text version)

First time only

Check perl version -- FreeBSD 2.2.7 installed a WAY OLD version; perl 4. You'll have to upgrade your perl installation first.
Get and build Majordomo per readme/faq. On FreeBSD simply:
```
] cd /usr/ports/mail/majordomo
] make
```
As superuser, install Majordomo per readme/faq. (make install)?
Do wrapper test per readme/faq, _NOT_ as superuser.
Not mentioned in readme/faq!
If you'll be using moderated lists, you must copy the 'approve' script from the package dir to the installed dir, and set it's permissions appropriately (probably 755). (Does not seem necessary in FreeBSD 4.2.)
Per FAQ, you'll need to add majordomo.aliases to your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file.

Creating a new list:

Edit /etc/aliases: Use one of the samples from the readme/faq/etc. from Majordomo.
Copy a list.config file. Change appropriately.
If you're using moderated lists, you must have a value in the 'approve_passwd' field. Although I have seen installations where this seems to be coming from the list.passwd file, I was not able to make this work.