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   1 .TH ezmlm-make 1
   2 .SH NAME
   3 ezmlm-make \- create a new mailing list
   4 .SH SYNOPSIS
   5 .B ezmlm-make
   6 [
   7 .B \-aApP
   8 ]
   9 .I dir
  10 .I dot
  11 .I local
  12 .I host
  13 .SH DESCRIPTION
  14 .B ezmlm-make
  15 sets up a new mailing list,
  16 .IR local\fB@\fIhost ,
  17 along with several extra addresses to handle administrative requests.
  18
  19 All mailing list information is stored in a new directory,
  20 .IR dir .
  21 .I dir
  22 must be an absolute pathname, starting with a slash.
  23
  24 .B ezmlm-make
  25 sets up four
  26 .B .qmail
  27 files:
  28 .IR dot ,
  29 .IR dot\fB-owner ,
  30 .IR dot\fB-return-default ,
  31 and
  32 .IR dot\fB-default .
  33 You should make sure that messages to
  34 .IR local\fB@\fIhost ,
  35 .IR local\fB-owner@\fIhost ,
  36 etc. are controlled by
  37 these
  38 .B .qmail
  39 files.
  40
  41 Typical use of
  42 .B ezmlm-make
  43 by a normal user:
  44
  45 .EX
  46    ezmlm-make ~/SOS ~/.qmail-sos joe-sos isp.net
  47 .EE
  48
  49 Typical use of
  50 .B ezmlm-make
  51 by
  52 .BR alias :
  53
  54 .EX
  55    ezmlm-make ~alias/SOS ~alias/.qmail-sos sos isp.net
  56 .EE
  57 .SH OPTIONS
  58 .TP 5
  59 .B \-a
  60 (Default.) Archived.
  61 .B ezmlm-make
  62 will touch
  63 .IR dir\fB/archived ,
  64 so that
  65 .B ezmlm-send
  66 will archive new messages.
  67 .TP
  68 .B \-A
  69 Not archived.
  70 .TP 5
  71 .B \-p
  72 (Default.) Public.
  73 .B ezmlm-make
  74 will touch
  75 .IR dir\fB/public ,
  76 so that
  77 .B ezmlm-manage
  78 will respond to administrative requests.
  79 .TP
  80 .B \-P
  81 Private.
  82 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  83 ezmlm-manage(1),
  84 ezmlm-send(1),
  85 ezmlm-sub(1),
  86 ezmlm-unsub(1),
  87 ezmlm(5)