Posted by This guidance will describe how to integrating Zimbra with Mailman on CentOS. This guidance refers into previous article in here : https://imanudin.net/2014/09/06/how-to-integrating-zimbra-8-5-x-with-mailman/ that use SUSE/SLES as Linux System with some adjustment and improvement.
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# Install packages and dependencies for compile Mailman
1.yum install python python-devel gcc gcc-c++# Install dnspython. This packages required for compile Mailman
1.cd /srv/2.wget -c https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/dnspython/dnspython-1.12.0.zip3.unzip dnspython-1.12.0.zip4.cd dnspython-1.12.05.python setup.py install# Download Mailman and extract
1.cd /srv/2.wget -c http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/mailman-2.1.20.tgz3.tar -zxvf mailman-2.1.20.tgz4.cd mailman-2.1.20# Compile and install Mailman
01.groupadd mailman02.useradd -c "GNU Mailman" -s /sbin/nologin -d /home/mailman -g mailman mailman03.mkdir /usr/local/mailman04.chgrp mailman /usr/local/mailman05.chmod a+rx,g+ws /usr/local/mailman06../configure --prefix=/usr/local/mailman --with-cgi-gid=zimbra07.make08.make install09./usr/local/mailman/bin/check_perms -f10.cd /usr/local/mailman/archives/11.chown zimbra private12.chmod o-x private13./usr/local/mailman/bin/check_perms -f# Modify httpd.conf on Zimbra
1.cp /opt/zimbra/conf/httpd.conf /opt/zimbra/conf/httpd.conf.back2.vi /opt/zimbra/conf/httpd.confadd these line in the bottom
01.ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/02.<Directory /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/>03.AllowOverride None04.Options ExecCGI05.Order allow,deny06.Allow from all07.</Directory>08. 09.Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/10.<Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/>11.Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks12.AllowOverride None13.Order allow,deny14.Allow from all15.# Only if you have internationalized archives16.AddDefaultCharset Off17.</Directory>18. 19.# Uncomment the following line, replacing www.example.com with your server's20.# name, to redirect queries to /mailman to the listinfo page (recommended).21.# RedirectMatch ^/mailman[/]*$ http://www.example.com/mailman/listinfoIntegrating Zimbra + Mailman
open mm_cfg.py file
1.vi /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.pyadjust the configuration
MTA = 'Postfix' POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD = '/opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postalias' POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = '/opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postmap' IMAGE_LOGOS = '/mmimages/' DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s:7780/mailman/' POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = [ 'imanudin.net' ] DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mail.imanudin.net' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'imanudin.net' VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
Perform the following command as root
1.cd /opt/zimbra/httpd/htdocs2.mkdir mmimages3.cp /usr/local/mailman/icons/* mmimages/4.chown -R zimbra:zimbra mmimages/5.su - zimbra -c "zmapachectl restart"01.cd /usr/local/mailman02.bin/newlist mailman adminmilist@imanudin.net03.bin/mmsitepass -c list-creator-password04.bin/config_list -i /usr/local/mailman/data/sitelist.cfg mailman05.bin/genaliases06.chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases*07.chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman*08.chmod 775 /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.lmdb09.chmod 775 /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases.lmdbNote : Please adjust adminmilist@imanudin.net with email who action as admin. Please adjust also list-creator-password with properly password. This password will be used for create mailing list via web.
# Setup Mailman cron
1.cd /usr/local/mailman/cron2.crontab -u mailman crontab.in# Setup init daemon
1.cp /usr/local/mailman/scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/2.chkconfig --add mailman3.chkconfig mailman on4.service mailman start# Setup Virtual Alias
1.su - zimbra2.zmprov ms mail.imanudin.net zimbraMtaVirtualAliasMaps 'ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vam.cf,lmdb:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman'3.zmprov ms mail.imanudin.net zimbraMtaAliasMaps 'lmdb:/etc/aliases,lmdb:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases'4.zmprov ms mail.imanudin.net zimbraMtaMyDestination 'localhost mail.imanudin.net'5.zmcontrol restart6.zmapachectl restart# Test mailing list
Perform the following example as root
1.cd /usr/local/mailman2.bin/newlist milist-test adminmilist@imanudin.net secretor you can create mailing list via web browser http://IpZimbra:7780/mailman/create
Good luck and hopefully useful 
Hi iman,
I installed zimbra 8.7 open source edition on CentOS 7- 64 bit.
i wish to have mailman mailing list also running on another server ( CentOS 8.7 – 64 bit)
my structure- Zimbra on one server and mailman on another server.
will the above guide help me ?
may i know Is it tested with zcs 8.7 also?
Hello,
This guidance for integrating Zimbra with Mailman on single server. i am not yet try on ZCS 8.7