基本的邮件列表功能

在别名文件 majordomo.aliases 中，进行如下配置：

test:           :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test            
owner-test:     root
test-owner:     root
test-request:   "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper request-answer test" 
test-approval:  root

	需要创建文件 /usr/local/majordomo/lists/test，因为邮件别名 test 包含（:include:）了该文件。
	使用 perl 脚本 request-answer 处理发向 test-request 别名的邮件。

该邮件列表 test，只能完成邮件到邮件列表的原样拷贝。如果需要改动邮件内容，如加头加尾，需要用 perl 程序 resend 处理到 test 的邮件，如下例。

使用 resend 处理邮件列表

在别名文件 majordomo.aliases 中，进行如下配置：

test:           "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test test-list" 
test-list:      :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test                 
owner-test:     root
test-owner:     root
test-request:   "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper request-answer test"
test-approval:  root

	即用perl程序 resend 处理发送到 test 邮件列表（-l test）的邮件，处理完毕，发送到 test-list 别名中。
	test-list别名包含 test 别名文件。注意一定是名字 test，否则用户发送 lists 给 majordomo 时，得到错误的mail-list清单。

resend 通过配置文件——lists目录下的<list-name>.config，对邮件进行处理。配置文件的具体配置，参见 resend 的 man 手册。

对 mail-list 用另外的邮件地址管理订阅和退订

在别名文件 majordomo.aliases 中，修改相应的 test-request 别名：

test-request: 	"|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l test"

更多示例：

#
# Sample mailing list
#
# Adding "nobody" prevents expansion to "long" under sendmail v8:
owner-sample: long, nobody
sample-owner: long, nobody
#sample: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -p bulk -M 10000 -R -l sample -f sample-owner -h girl.ee.ntu.edu.tw -s sample-outgoing"
sample: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -l sample -h girl.ee.ntu.edu.tw sample-outgoing"
sample-approval: owner-sample
sample-outgoing: :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/sample, sample-archive,
"|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l sample-digest sample-digest-outgoing"
#
# For digest version list
#
sample-digest: sample
sample-digest-outgoing: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper request-answer sample-digest"
owner-sample-digest: owner-sample
owner-sample-digest-outgoing: owner-sample
owner-sample-digest-request: owner-sample
sample-digest-approval: sample-approval
#
# End of the digest version list
#
owner-sample-outgoing: owner-sample
sample-archive: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper archive -f /usr/local/majordomo/archives/sample/sample -m -a"
owner-sample-archive: owner-sample
#
# For someone who may use listname-request to ask questions
#sample-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper request-answer sample"
sample-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l sample"
owner-sample-request: owner-sample
#
# End of listname-request version 


    test:"|/tools/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test -h cs.umb.edu test-outgoing"
    test-digest:test

    # I put the digest and archive programs on the outgoing list so that
    # messages bounced by resend don't end up in the digest or archive
    # unless I send them through resend explicitly. 
    test-outgoing::include:/usr/local/Lists/test,
     "| /tools/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l test-digest test-digest-outgoing",
     "| /tools/majordomo/wrapper archive2.pl -a  -m
	-f /usr/local/mail/archive/test/test.archive"
    # archive produces a monthly archive with the -m flag.

    test-digest-outgoing::include:/usr/local/Lists/test-digest

    owner-test:rouilj
    owner-test-outgoing:owner-test
    # note that the "-digest" and "-digest-outgoing" suffixes
    # are required to allow the majordomo mkdigest command, and the
    # config code to work properly.
    owner-test-digest:owner-test
    owner-test-digest-outgoing:owner-test

    test-request: "|/tools/majordomo/wrapper request-answer test"
    test-digest-request: "|/tools/majordomo/wrapper request-answer test-digest"

    test-approval:rouilj
    test-digest-approval:test-approval

一个复杂的 footer ^[1]

'message_fronter',      '#! local($TEMP) = $list;
	if ( $list =~ /-digest$/ ) 
	{
		$TEMP =~ s/-digest$//;
		"In this issue:\n\n\t_SUBJECTS_\n\nSee the end of the digest
		 for information on subscribing to the $TEMP\nor $TEMP-digest mailing lists.\n";
	} 
	else 
	{
	    "";
	}',
'message_footer',      '#! local($TEMP) = $list;
	if ( $list =~ /-digest$/ ) 
	{
		$TEMP =~ s/-digest$//;
		"To subscribe to $TEMP-digest, send the command:\n\n\t
		subscribe $TEMP-digest\n\nin the body of a message to \"Majordomo@
		Majordomo.cso.uiuc.edu\".  If you want\nto subscribe something
		other than the account the mail is coming from,\nsuch as a local
		redistribution list, then append that address to the\n\"subscribe\"
		command; for example, to subscribe \"local-$TEMP\":\n\n\tsubscribe
		$TEMP-digest local-$TEMP@your.domain.net\n\nA non-digest
		(direct mail) version of this list is also available;
		to\nsubscribe to that instead, replace all instances of
		\"$TEMP-digest\"\nin the commands above with \"$TEMP\".";
	}
	else
	{
		"";
	}',

以上设置比较复杂，如果没有设置相应的摘要邮件列表，或者不介意在摘要中每个文章都加上冗长的结尾的化，只要写一个字符串即可。如：

message_footer      <<  END
-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
内部的 mail-list 使用指南：
-  1. 将你机器的 DNS 服务器设置为内部 DNS;
-  2. 只有在邮件服务器中将 SMTP 服务器设置为 内部邮件服务器，
-     方可向 $LIST 发送邮件;
-  3. 取消邮件列表：
-     向 majordomo 发送邮件:
-     内容为： unsubscribe $LIST <your_email_address>，标题为空;
-  4. 寻求更多帮助，请发送邮件到 majordomo，
-     内容为: help
-
-
END

邮件订阅受控，即订阅之前，先要由管理员审核用户

参见：FAQ。