Disable Mailman on a VPS | A Small Orange Support

<p>Let's say you don't want to run the Mailman mailing list manager. Since this is a default option in cPanel, there are several steps to completely disable it.<br />
<em><strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp;new VPS's do not have Mailman enabled by default.</em></p>

<h2>Disabling Mailman for cPanel Users</h2>

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	<p><a href="https://www.asmallorange.com/help/article/aso-log-into-whm" target="_blank">Log in to WHM</a></p>
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	<p>Navigate to Server Configuration and then Tweak Settings</p>
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	<p>Scroll down to Mail and uncheck the box for Mailman</p>
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	<p>Scroll to the bottom and click Save</p>
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<h2>Removing the Mailman Alias in Apache</h2>

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	<p>Using SSH to connect to your server and login as root</p>
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	<p>Edit 'httpd.conf' (do not use the Virtuozzo file editor to do this) using vi or nano</p>

	<p>nano /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf</p>

	<p>&nbsp;</p>
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	<p>Scroll down to these lines:</p>

	<p>Alias /mailman/archives/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/public/<br />
	ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/cgi-bin/<br />
	Alias&nbsp;/pipermail/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/public/</p>
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	<p>&nbsp;</p>

	<p>#Alias /mailman/archives/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/public/</p>

	<p>#ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/cgi-bin/</p>

	<p>#Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/public/</p>

	<p>&nbsp;</p>

	<p>This disables the mailman aliases without removing the entry (you may want it later).</p>
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	<p>Save the file and restart Apache:</p>

	<p>service httpd restart</p>

	<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<h2 id="hn_Removing_the_cron_entries">Removing the cron Entries</h2>

<p>While logged in via SSH as root, enter this command:</p>

<p>crontab -d -i -u mailman</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>This will delete the mailman's nightly cron tasks.&nbsp;Alternately (recommended), you can edit mailman's crontab:</p>

<p>crontab -e -u mailman<br />
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<p>Comment out each line by placing a # in front of all the entries. Any line that already starts with a # is a comment.</p>