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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did some archive browsing today and found lots of
differing answers regarding a web interface for creating new lists.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Todd Pfaff gave some good detail about adding an
aliases file within the mailman directory long ago 1999/2000</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried his suggestion. I have the 3 aliases
files created in my mailman directory. (aliases, aliases.dir,
aliases.pag). I have the ownership & permissions set as he suggested
in </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U><FONT color=#800080><A
href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1999-December/002918.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1999-December/002918.html</FONT></U></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1999-July/001837.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1999-July/001837.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a few problems though... when I do the
<BR><FONT size=3>./bin/newlist listname owner-email-address password 1 | tail +4
> aliases newaliases</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3><FONT size=2>as he suggests, it balks
at newaliases. if I'm running as mailman, it gives a permission denied
error. If I run as root, it balks and gives a </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3><FONT size=2>WARNING: Group writable
directory /home/mailman<BR>newaliases: cannot open /home/mailman/aliases: Group
writable file</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Please help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm trying to set it up so I don't have to add lists for
everyone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Will Nordmeyer</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>