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15.3 MacOSX issues</a>
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Many people run Mailman on MacOSX. Here are some pointers that have been
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collected on getting Mailman to run on MacOSX.
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<li>Jaguar (MacOSX 10.2) comes with Python 2.2. While this isn't the very
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latest stable version of Python, it ought to be sufficient to run
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<li>David B. O'Donnell has a web page describing his configuration of
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Mailman 2.0.13 and Postfix on MacOSX Server.
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<a class="url" href="http://www.afp548.com/Articles/mail/python-mailman.html">http://www.afp548.com/Articles/mail/python-mailman.html</a>
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<li>Kathleen Webb posted her experiences in getting Mailman running on
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Jaguar using Sendmail.
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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
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should contain documentation that will help you, and Apple has a tech
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document about a problem you might encounter running Mailman on Mac OS X
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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
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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.
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Users of earlier versions of Mac OSX contains Sendmail and those users should
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look at the Sendmail installation section for tips. You should follow the
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basic installation steps as described earlier in this manual, substituting as
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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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scope of this guide and you should refer to <a class="url" href="http://www.postfix.org">http://www.postfix.org</a> for
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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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<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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Postfix, adding jobs to your crontab, adding user and groups, plus adding
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startup and shutdown jobs.
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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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by the name XCode tools.
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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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via Webmin or another GUI interface, open your terminal application and follow
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the commands as indicated below - do not type the comments following the
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"<tt class="samp">#</tt>" since they are just notes:
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niutil -create / /users/mailman
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niutil -createprop / /users/mailman name mailman
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# Note that xxx is a free user ID number on your system
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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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# To prevent malicious hacking, supply a secure password here
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niutil -create / /groups/mailman
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niutil -createprop / /groups/mailman name mailman
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# Note that xxx is a free group ID number on your system
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niutil -createprop / /groups/mailman gid xxx
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niutil -createprop / /groups/mailman passwd '*'
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niutil -createprop / /groups/mailman users 'mailman'
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chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman
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cd /usr/local/mailman
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For setting up Apache on OSX to handle Mailman, the steps are almost identical
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and the configuration file on a stock Mac OSX Client version is stored in the
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nearly standard location of <span class="file">/etc/httpd/httpd.conf</span>.
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The <a class="ulink" href="http://www.afp548.com"
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>AFP548.com</a> site has a time-saving automated startup item creator for
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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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To install it, copy it into your <span class="file">/Library/StartupItems</span> directory. As
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the root or superuser, from the terminal, enter the following:
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gunzip MailmanStartup.tar.gz
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tar xvf MailmanStartup.tar
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It will create the startup item for you so that when you reboot, Mailman will
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