[Distutils] Newbie

I'm trying to use distutils for the first time. I am trying to get a python package that builds/installs in cygwin to also build/install in Win32. I have already followed the full recipe at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/82826 Is that a good starting point? It worked fine. Is this the correct mailing list for questions? Is there a searchable archive for this list? My first question is: The command "python setup.py install" causes a DLL to be built. i.e. python is the cygwin python.