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<a class="url" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2002-October/022944.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2002-October/022944.html</a>

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<li>Panther server (MacOSX 10.3) comes with Mailman; Your operating system

should contain documentation that will help you, and Apple has a tech

document about a problem you might encounter running Mailman on Mac OS X

Server 10.3:

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<a class="url" href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107889">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107889</a>

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Terry Allen provides the following detailed instructions on running Mailman on

the 'client' version of OSX, or in earlier versions of OSX:

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Mac OSX 10.3 and onwards has the basics for a successful Mailman installation.

Users of earlier versions of Mac OSX contains Sendmail and those users should

look at the Sendmail installation section for tips. You should follow the

basic installation steps as described earlier in this manual, substituting as

appropriate, the steps outlined in this section.

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By default, Mac OSX 10.3 'client' version does not have a fully functional

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version of Postfix. Setting up a working MTA such as Postfix is beyond the

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tips on getting Postfix running. An easy way to set Postfix up is to install

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and run Postfix Enabler, a stand-alone tool for configuring Postfix on Mac

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OSX, available from

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<a class="url" href="http://www.roadstead.com/weblog/Tutorials/PostfixEnabler.html">http://www.roadstead.com/weblog/Tutorials/PostfixEnabler.html</a>.

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Likewise, Mac OSX 'client' version from 10.1 onwards includes a working Apache

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webserver. This is switched on using the System Preferences control panel

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under the 'Sharing tab'. A useful tool for configuring the Apache on Mac OSX

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is Webmin, which can be obtained from

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<a class="url" href="http://www.webmin.com">http://www.webmin.com</a>.

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Webmin can also perform configuration for other system tasks, including

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In a stock installation of OSX, the requirement for Mailman is to have Python

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installed. Python is not installed by default, so it is advised that you

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install the developer's tools package, which may have been provided with your

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system. It can also be downloaded from the Apple developer site at

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<a class="url" href="http://connect.apple.com">http://connect.apple.com</a>. Not only is the developer tools package an

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essential requirement for installing Mailman, but it will come in handy at a

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later date should you need other tools. The developer's tools are also know

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As a minimum, the Python version should be 2.2, but 2.3 is recommended.

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If you wish to add a user and group using the command line in OSX instead of

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the commands as indicated below - do not type the comments following the

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niutil -create / /users/mailman

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niutil -createprop / /users/mailman uid xxx

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niutil -createprop / /users/mailman home /usr/local/mailman

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mkdir -p /usr/local/mailman

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niutil -createprop / /users/mailman shell /bin/tcsh

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passwd mailman

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niutil -create / /groups/mailman

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For setting up Apache on OSX to handle Mailman, the steps are almost identical

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The <a class="ulink" href="http://www.afp548.com"

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Mailman, which can be found at

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<a class="url" href="http://www.afp548.com/Software/MailmanStartup.tar.gz">http://www.afp548.com/Software/MailmanStartup.tar.gz</a>

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