i have created a list with the following command in the command line
/etc/newlist mtech-cs-2010 anil_moogala@dcis.uohyd.ernet.in password
and then i have added the aliases to the /etc/aliases file...
then i got a mail in my mail box saying
The mailing list `mtech-cs-2010' has just been created for you. The following is some basic information about your mailing list.
Your mailing list password is:
*****You need this password to configure your mailing list. You also need it to handle administrative requests, such as approving mail if you choose to run a moderated list.
You can configure your mailing list at the following web page:
http://dcis.uohyd.ernet.in/mailman/admin/mtech-cs-2010The web page for users of your mailing list is:
http://dcis.uohyd.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/mtech-cs-2010You can even customize these web pages from the list configuration page. However, you do need to know HTML to be able to do this.
There is also an email-based interface for users (not administrators) of your list; you can get info about using it by sending a message with just the word `help' as subject or in the body, to:
mtech-cs-2010-request@dcis.uohyd.ernet.inTo unsubscribe a user: from the mailing list 'listinfo' web page, click on or enter the user's email address as if you were that user. Where that user would put in their password to unsubscribe, put in your admin password. You can also use your password to change member's options, including digestification, delivery disabling, etc.
Please address all questions to mailman-admin@dcis.uohyd.ernet.in.
when i try to view my list in the interface, it is giving a message
No such list mtech-cs-2010
i then added few members to the list using /bin/add_members -r s mtech-cs-2010
s is the file containing list of mail ids
it gave the following
dcis:/var/mailman/bin # ./add_members -r s mtech-cs-2010 /var/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py:469: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated raise quickexit Subscribed: sandeep@dcis.uohyd.ernet.in Subscribed: anil_moogala@dcis.uohyd.ernet.in
a welcome message is sent to the members subscribed.
when i try to post a message to the list i have created, it gave me a
Returned mail: see transcript for details The original message was received at Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:23:34 +0530 from localhost [127.0.0.1]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mtech-cs-2010" (reason: 1) (expanded from: <mtech-cs-2010@dcis.uohyd.ernet.in>)
----- Transcript of session follows ----- post script, list not found: mtech-cs-2010
554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 1