Re: [aclug-L] how to create maillists?

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

its best to use some mailing list software like majordomo or listar
(http://www.listar.org). Listar doesn't come with documentation but you
can get help on the mailing list, and the debian maintainer of it 
is on this list (not me)


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Clint Brubakken
Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Wichita, KS
cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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E:  You run this ship with Windows?!  YOU IDIOT!
L:  Give me a break, it came bundled with the computer!
                                        -- ESR and Lan Solaris
User Friendly, 12/8/1998

On Thu, 13 May 1999, Troy Wolf wrote:

> I cannot come up with a solution for a "public" address book for the company 
> LAN.
> As some of you may remember, I'm trying to replace our antiquated (non 
> rich-text) , proprietary mail server with a Linux IMAP/POP3 server.  The old 
> mail server used the Microsoft Exchange subsystem and the Exchange public 
> address book method so all mail clients automatically received the public 
> address book with all members (employees).  It looks like I'm going to have 
> to take this "feature" away, and I won't be popular for it.
> 
> I feel I have exhausted simple shared text file, LDAP, and address book 
> exporting and importing options.
> 
> I am now leaning towards setting up maillists for my users.  One for ALL 
> employees, one for the accounting department, one for the Sales deparment, 
> etc.  The employees will still have to manually add these group email 
> addresses to their local address books, but that's better than having to 
> manually add ALL employees.
> 
> Which brings me to my question.  How do I setup a maillist on a Linux mail 
> server?  Preferrably a closed list that requires membership in order to send 
> to it--otherwise anyone in the world could send to all my employees using my 
> maillists.  I'm not naive enough to think this can be fully answered in a 
> simple email reply, but links to online guides or sample scripts and other 
> help is appreciated.
> 
> Also, if you have serious tips about how to solve my original "public" 
> address book problem that prove successful---there could be a cash reward.
> 
> Troy Wolf
> troy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>