<html> <head> <title>The Exim FAQ Section 11</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#F8F8F8" text="#00005A" link="#FF6600" alink="#FF9933" vlink="#990000"> <h1>The Exim FAQ</h1> <a href="FAQ.html#TOC">Contents</a> <a href="FAQ_10.html">Previous</a> <a href="FAQ_12.html">Next</a> <hr><br> <h2><a href="FAQ.html#TOC295">11. MAJORDOMO</a></h2> <p> <a name="TOC296" href="FAQ.html#TOC296">Q1101:</a> How do I set up Majordomo to work with Exim? </p> <p> <font color="#00BB00">A1101:</font> Users have found several ways of setting up Exim for use with Majordomo. One way has been documented at <a href="http://www.averillpark.net/exim/majordomo.html">http://www.averillpark.net/exim/majordomo.html</a>. </p> <p> Somewhere in the Majordomo docs or FAQ it mentions using batchmail or other additional programs to improve the performance of large lists. They are not needed with Exim, and their use can actually make things worse. However, it's a good idea to set <tt>remote_max_parallel</tt> to a value greater than 1 in the Exim configuration. </p> <p> <a name="TOC297" href="FAQ.html#TOC297">Q1102:</a> I have set <i>$mailer</i> in <i>majordomo.cf</i>, but it still isn't setting the sender correctly in the messages it sends. </p> <p> <font color="#00BB00">A1102:</font> Make sure you have got the quoting correct in the <i>$mailer</i> setting. For example, </p> <pre> $mailer = "$sendmail_command -oi -oee -f$sender\@lists.mydomain.de";</pre> <p> is not correct. It needs three backslashes, not one, and the $ at the start of <i>$sender</i> has to be escaped with a backslash. </p> <p> <a name="TOC298" href="FAQ.html#TOC298">Q1103:</a> I'm trying to set up majordomo, but I'm getting a wrong mode error when I try to send it mail. </p> <p> <font color="#00BB00">A1103:</font> Check the mode of <i>/var/lib/majordomo/lists/lists.aliases</i> and compare it with the setting of the <tt>modemask</tt> option in the Majordomo aliases router. This option specifies bits which must not be set for the alias file, and it defaults to 022. </p> <p> <a name="TOC299" href="FAQ.html#TOC299">Q1104:</a> I'm getting return code 9 from <i>/home/majordomo/majordomo-1.94.4/wrapper</i> when it is passed a message from Exim. </p> <p> <font color="#00BB00">A1104:</font> A problem like this turned out to be the Perl version that came with RedHat 5.2. Rebuilding Perl 5.005x solved it. </p> <p> <a name="TOC300" href="FAQ.html#TOC300">Q1105:</a> Exim is complaining about an invalid command line when Majordomo tries to send it a message for delivery. </p> <p> <font color="#00BB00">A1105:</font> Take a look at your <i>majordomo.cf</i> file, It should have something that looks like </p> <pre> $sendmail_command = "/usr/lib/sendmail";</pre> <p> and another line like </p> <pre> $mailer = "$sendmail_command -oi -oee -f\$sender";</pre> <p> If you have modified <i>resend</i> (one of the majordomo programs) to use <i>$sendmail_command</i> instead of <i>$mailer</i> you will be calling Exim with no command line arguments. </p> <hr><br> <a href="FAQ.html#TOC">Contents</a> <a href="FAQ_10.html">Previous</a> <a href="FAQ_12.html">Next</a> </body> </html>
