Import ezmlm 0.53

[ezmlm] / ezmlm-make.1

.TH ezmlm-make 1
.SH NAME
ezmlm-make \- create a new mailing list
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ezmlm-make
[
.B \-aApP
]
.I dir
.I dot
.I local
.I host
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ezmlm-make
sets up a new mailing list,
.IR local\fB@\fIhost ,
along with several extra addresses to handle administrative requests.

All mailing list information is stored in a new directory,
.IR dir .
.I dir
must be an absolute pathname, starting with a slash.

.B ezmlm-make
sets up four
.B .qmail
files:
.IR dot ,
.IR dot\fB-owner ,
.IR dot\fB-return-default ,
and
.IR dot\fB-default .
You should make sure that messages to
.IR local\fB@\fIhost ,
.IR local\fB-owner@\fIhost ,
etc. are controlled by
these
.B .qmail
files.

Typical use of
.B ezmlm-make
by a normal user:

.EX
   ezmlm-make ~/SOS ~/.qmail-sos joe-sos isp.net
.EE

Typical use of
.B ezmlm-make
by
.BR alias :

.EX
   ezmlm-make ~alias/SOS ~alias/.qmail-sos sos isp.net
.EE
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 5
.B \-a
(Default.) Archived.
.B ezmlm-make
will touch
.IR dir\fB/archived ,
so that
.B ezmlm-send
will archive new messages.
.TP
.B \-A
Not archived.
.TP 5
.B \-p
(Default.) Public.
.B ezmlm-make
will touch
.IR dir\fB/public ,
so that
.B ezmlm-manage
will respond to administrative requests.
.TP
.B \-P
Private.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ezmlm-manage(1),
ezmlm-send(1),
ezmlm-sub(1),
ezmlm-unsub(1),
ezmlm(5)