[TAG] (forw) [Mailman-Users] Virtual domain not quite working on HTTP (but fine on SMTP)

[Rick Moen]

Hi, Kapil.  Thanks for trying to help.  

Quoting Kapil Hari Paranjape (kapil at imsc.res.in):

> Is the apache virtual domain configured to use the mailman cgi-bin?

You'll note that http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo (and all
functions of the linuxmafia.com-based mailing lists) works, so I think
it's fair to say "yes".  For reasons not yet clear, just not for the
virthost.

> Are the actual pages being generated in /var/lib/mail/archives/ ?

Let me just quote what I just sent back to a similar query from someone
on mailman-user:



> >   # cat /var/www/gazette/.htaccess
> >   redirect 301 /index.html
> >   http://lists.linuxgazette.net/mailman/listinfo/
>
> that 404's for me: have you got the Mailman Apache stanzas set-up in
> lists.linuxgazette.net's vhost config? I've not had issues using
> ServerAlias directives, fwiw.

Um, that's not 404, you're being 301-redirected by the .htaccess file
to a URL that _is_ 404 on account of Mailman not providing the virthost
there.  Here, let's temporarily disable the .htaccess file, and see:

# cd /var/www/gazette/
linuxmafia:/var/www/gazette# mv .htaccess .htaccess-save
linuxmafia:/var/www/gazette# touch HELLO-WORLD

You'll please note that http://lists.linuxgazette.net/ (and
http://lists.linuxgazette.net/HELLO-WORLD ) are not, in fact, 404.              

But anyway, since you ask, here's the relevant excerpt from the Apache          
config:
                                                                                
<VirtualHost lists.linuxgazette.net:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/gazette                                               
</VirtualHost>
                                                                                
<Directory /var/www/gazette/>
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks                                   
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny                                                            
    Allow from all
</Directory>