Mailing List Manager query. [message #161733] |
Tue, 02 February 2010 05:09 |
newbie.john
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Hi,
I have a mailman mailing list eg. testinglist(at)mydomain(dot)com
In the Mailing list manager I enter that info as the first item. I leave the next boxes empty after reading "Leave empty to pipe messages into the forum".
The forum post reaches the mailing list.
The opposite doesn't happen though. How do I get messages in the mailing list to appear as web forum posts ? Can someone give me the steps please ? Thanks.
Regards, John.
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Re: Mailing List Manager query. [message #161740 is a reply to message #161737] |
Tue, 02 February 2010 11:47 |
newbie.john
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naudefj wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 06:00There is a Windows example as well. However, these are only for
illustration purposes. It's probably better to setup Procmail or
Postfix (see examples in the documentation).
Thank you. It would be really good IF one could get email working both ways. In fact that is almost the most important criteria I was looking for in a web forum. Ahead of dozens of other forums. It is very very disappointing to know how very difficult it is to enable this.
I have no idea how to setup Procmail. I am guessing that it is very easy for unix experts and/or people who have root access.
I am not however a unix expert. I also don't have root access. Added to that I have no idea how I would add rules to Procmail. I suspect that it is some sort of a command line program that probably needs shell access. I don't have that either.
Regards, John.
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Re: Mailing List Manager query. [message #161751 is a reply to message #161746] |
Tue, 02 February 2010 22:13 |
newbie.john
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naudefj wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 11:31If you configure the rule to read data directly from a mailbox you don't need Procmail.
Excellent ! So I just need to subscribe to my mailing list with a mailing address that has eg. POP access ?
naudefj wrote on Tue, 02 February 2010 11:31
Simply create a dedicated mailbox and run "maillist.php" to load messages into the forum. You won't get it any simpler than that.
Okay, so all I need do is find out how to "run "maillist.php"". I take it I need to find out...
..if my hoster has a "php maillist.php 1" file ?
..and if so where it is ?
..then put the "path" in a cron job ?
Regards, John.
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