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PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS VERY OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS

Installing Majordomo

1. Install Perl5 on your Virtual Server.

2. Run the following commands that match your Virtual Server O/S:

   FreeBSD % vinstall majordomo

   BSD/OS % cd % tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/majordomo.tar

   NOTE: If your Virtual Server was ordered after Nov 22, 1999, you are likely running FreeBSD. To find out which O/S your Virtual Server is running, use the uname command: % uname If your Virtual Server is not already running FreeBSD, Upgrade to a New FreeBSD Virtual Server today!

3. Change the permission on the directories usr, usr/local, usr/local/majordomo and usr/local/majordomo/Lists to 755:

   % chmod 755 usr
   % chmod 755 usr/local
   % chmod 755 usr/local/majordomo
   % chmod 755 usr/local/majordomo/Lists
   

4. In the majordomo.cf file, change the definition of the $whereami variable from YourCompany.COM to your domain name (see line 2). You can do this by using pico, a simple, easy to use UNIX text editor:

   % pico -w ~/usr/local/majordomo/majordomo.cf
   

   Feel free to edit any other configuration variable in usr/local/majordomo/majordomo.cf to your liking.

5. Edit your etc/aliases and add aliases like the following:

   # Majordomo Stuff
   majordomo: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper majordomo"
   owner-majordomo: list_manager_e-mail_address
   majordomo-owner: list_manager_e-mail_address
   

6. Run the command vnewaliases to update the aliases database:

   % vnewaliases
   

Configuring a Majordomo E-Mail List

1. Create an empty file named for the list (my-list in the examples below) in your usr/local/majordomo/Lists directory and make sure the file mode is 644:

   % touch usr/local/majordomo/Lists/my-list
   % chmod 644 usr/local/majordomo/Lists/my-list
   

2. Create a file called my-list.passwd in your usr/local/majordomo/Lists. This file will contain the list manager's "approve" password for the list (file mode 600). For example, you can use cat (or your favorite UNIX editor):

   % cat > usr/local/majordomo/Lists/my-list.passwd
     mypassword
     ^D   (control-D)
   % chmod 600 usr/local/majordomo/Lists/my-list.passwd
   

   Substitute a mailing list administrator password for mypassword above.

3. Create a file called my-list.info. This file will contains the initial introductory info for the list. To create this file using cat again:

   % cat > usr/local/majordomo/Lists/my-list.info
     This list is for discussions about my list.
     ^D   (control-D)
   

4. Add something like the following to your etc/aliases file:

   # "My-List" list
   my-list: 
     "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -h mydomain.com -l my-list my-list-outgoing"
   my-list-outgoing: :include:/usr/local/majordomo/Lists/my-list
   owner-my-list: list_manager_e-mail_address_here
   my-list-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper request-answer my-list"
   my-list-approval: list_manager_e-mail_address_here
   

5. Run vnewaliases to update the aliases database:

   % vnewaliases
   

6. Give your new list a try.

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS