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The Sympa <-> Phorum Connection

This is how to set up phorum so that it gets every post from a mailing list, and set up sympa or mailman mailing list to receive any posts made on a phorum. (used on campware.org)

1. Sympa -> Phorum
   1. Use the phorummail.php script for this.
   2. Edit /etc/aliases according to phorummail.php instructions (e.g. campsite-dev:FULL_PATH/phorummail.php <phorum_number>)
   3. Run newaliases
   4. In sympa(or mailman), add a subscribers for each mailing list, with the email set to the alias above (e.g. [email protected]). Make sure the email is not sent back to itself ("not me").
2. Phorum -> Sympa
   1. Use the emailallposts.php script for this.
   2. Edit phorum settings->general. Set "from" email to be [email protected].
   3. Edit Phorum settings->modules->email all posts. Add the destination mailing list for that phorum (e.g. [email protected]).
   4. In Sympa, add [email protected] to each mailing list, but make sure it receives no mail.