Resource Type: maillist

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maillist

Description

Manage email lists. This resource type can only create and remove lists; it cannot currently reconfigure them.

Attributes

maillist { 'resource title':
  name        => # (namevar) The name of the email...
  ensure      => # The basic property that the resource should be...
  admin       => # The email address of the...
  description => # The description of the mailing...
  mailserver  => # The name of the host handling email for the...
  password    => # The admin...
  provider    => # The specific backend to use for this `maillist...
  webserver   => # The name of the host providing web archives and...
  # ...plus any applicable metaparameters.
}

name

(Namevar: If omitted, this attribute’s value defaults to the resource’s title.)

The name of the email list.

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ensure

(Property: This attribute represents concrete state on the target system.)

The basic property that the resource should be in.

Default: present

Allowed values:

  • present
  • absent
  • purged

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admin

The email address of the administrator.

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description

The description of the mailing list.

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mailserver

The name of the host handling email for the list.

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password

The admin password.

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provider

The specific backend to use for this maillist resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

Available providers are:

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webserver

The name of the host providing web archives and the administrative interface.

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Providers

mailman

  • Required binaries: /var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman, list_lists, newlist, rmlist

NOTE: This page was generated from the Puppet source code on 2018-08-28 06:48:02 -0700