I need some assistance if possible i get the following errors after reading your trouble shooting i still have no idea what im doing wrong.
 
# ./configure&
[1] 21167
[root mailman-2.0.6]# loading cache ./config.cache
checking for --with-python... no
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking Python interpreter... /usr/bin/python
checking Python version... 1.5.2
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for true... /bin/true
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes
checking for --with-var-prefix... no
checking for --with-username... mailman
checking for mailman UID... 500
checking for --with-groupname... mailman
checking for mailman GID... 500
checking permissions on /home/mailman... configure: error:
***** Installation directory /home/mailman is not configured properly!
***** Set-gid bit must be set for directory: /home/mailman
***** Permissions should be at least 02775: /home/mailman
 
 
drwxr-xr-x   4 mailman  mailman      1024 Feb 21 23:34 mailman
[root mailman]# ls -al
total 7
drwxr-xr-x   4 mailman  mailman      1024 Feb 21 23:34 .
drwxr-xr-x  15 root     root         1024 Feb 21 23:20 ..
-rw-------   1 mailman  mailman       176 Feb 21 23:37 .bash_history
-rwxr-xr-x   1 mailman  mailman       434 Feb 21 23:20 .emacs
-rw-r--r--   1 mailman  mailman       778 Feb 21 23:20 .ftphelp
drwxr-xr-x   5 mailman  mailman      1024 Feb 21 23:20 group
drwxr-xr-x   4 mailman  mailman      1024 Feb 21 23:20 user
 
 
Anyone able to help?