Hello everybody,

I have installed the tools required by mailman: python and apache. Then, I installed mailman without visible errors.

At this moment, I try to create my first list, unsuccessfully ...

The server:

$ uname -a SunOS atlanta 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10

$ id uid=1003(mailman) gid=103(mailman)

$ mailmanctl start Starting Mailman's master qrunner. $ ps -ef | grep mailman mailman 15485 15482 3 16:29:09 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=CommandRunner:0:1 -s mailman 15487 15482 3 16:29:09 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=NewsRunner:0:1 -s mailman 23264 23262 0 Jan 07 pts/5 0:00 -ksh mailman 14567 23264 0 16:38:35 pts/5 0:00 vi Defaults.py mailman 15482 1 0 16:29:09 ? 0:00 /usr/local/bin/python mailmanctl start mailman 14028 13935 0 Jan 07 pts/6 0:00 -ksh mailman 15483 15482 3 16:29:09 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=ArchRunner:0:1 -s mailman 15488 15482 3 16:29:10 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=OutgoingRunner:0:1 -s mailman 14489 14465 0 Jan 07 pts/7 0:00 -ksh mailman 15486 15482 3 16:29:09 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=IncomingRunner:0:1 -s mailman 15484 15482 3 16:29:09 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=BounceRunner:0:1 -s mailman 15489 15482 3 16:29:10 ? 0:01 qrunner /usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=VirginRunner:0:1 -s mailman 15491 14489 0 16:29:14 pts/7 0:00 grep mailman

$ ps -ef | grep nobody nobody 14424 14423 0 Jan 07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 15270 14423 0 10:52:29 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 14426 14423 0 Jan 07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 14428 14423 0 Jan 07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 14425 14423 0 Jan 07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 15272 14423 0 10:52:30 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 14452 14423 0 Jan 07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 15271 14423 0 10:52:30 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start nobody 14427 14423 0 Jan 07 ? 0:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start

The hostname of my mailman server:

mailman@atlanta # cat /etc/hosts # # Internet host table # 127.0.0.1 localhost 172.16.16.2 atlanta atlanta.eos.elro loghost

Below, are the error messages:

$ newlist test mailman@atlanta.eos.elro testlit Create a new, unpopulated mailing list.

Usage: newlist [options] [listname [listadmin-addr [admin-password]]]

Options:

-l language
--language language
    Make the list's preferred language `language', which must be a

two letter language code.

-q/--quiet
    Normally the administrator is notified by email (after a prompt)

that their list has been created. This option suppresses the prompt and notification.

-h/--help
    Print this help text and exit.

You can specify as many of the arguments as you want on the command line: you will be prompted for the missing ones.

Every Mailman list has two parameters which define the default host name for outgoing email, and the default URL for all web interfaces. When you configured Mailman, certain defaults were calculated, but if you are running multiple virtual Mailman sites, then the defaults may not be appropriate for the list you are creating.

You can specify the domain to create your new list in by spelling the listname like so:

mylist@www.mydom.ain

where `www.mydom.ain' should be the base hostname for the URL to this virtual hosts's lists. E.g. with is setting people will view the general list overviews at http://www.mydom.ain/mailman/listinfo. Also, www.mydom.ain

should be a key in the VIRTUAL_HOSTS mapping in mm_cfg.py/Defaults.py. It will be looked up to give the email hostname. If this can't be found, then www.mydom.ain will be used for both the web interface and the email interface.

If you spell the list name as just `mylist', then the email hostname will be taken from DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and the url will be taken from DEFAULT_URL (as defined in your Defaults.py file or overridden by settings in mm_cfg.py).

Note that listnames are forced to lowercase.

Illegal list name: test@atlanta $

Do I need to specify an URL like www.... in my Defaults.py or can I keep this current configuration: # because otherwise the default mappings won't be correct. DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'atlanta' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'atlanta' DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/mailman/'

I cannot found where is my error, could you help me ?

Thanks by advance and have a nice day

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