[Mailman-Users] config questions from newbie

[Richard Barrett]

There are a number of post referring to this problem in the searchable 
mailman-users archive, including this one:

  http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg17717.html

But it might be worth searching the archives yourself and checking for 
any other suggestions.

On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 12:10  pm, Marvin Raab wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to install/troubleshoot Mailman 2.1 under Redhat 9.0.
> My MTA is Postfix and it works fine (along with SpamAssassin)
>
> I'm not sure exactly how many Mailman-related problems I have but...
>
>
> I can successfully goto the Admin page and subscribe a user. I
> subscribed myself.
> I didn't receive the welcome message and I can't figure out why.
> When I try to restart (or stop or start) MailMan using mailmanctl, I 
> get
> the following:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./mailmanctl", line 524, in ?
>     main()
>   File "./mailmanctl", line 319, in main
>     check_privs()
>   File "./mailmanctl", line 274, in check_privs
>     gid = grp.getgrnam(mm_cfg.MAILMAN_GROUP)[2]
> KeyError: getgrnam(): name not found
>
>
> My mm_cfg.py file:
> DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mydomain.com'
> DEFAULT_URL_HOST = mydomain.com'
> PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL = 'http://%(hostname)s/pipermail/%(listname)s'
>
>
>
>> From the Admin page, all the options pages are able to be reached 
>> except
> for: GOTO LIST ARCHIVES. It attempts to reach
> http://porky.devel.redhat.com/mailman/private/<mylistname>
>
> When I attempt to post a test message to the list, I do not receive it
> in my mailbox and I'm pretty sure it's not posted to the Archives
> I've successfully tested the listname alias by changing the listname to
> point to my mailbox and using postalias to regenerate the database. 
> That
> worked fine.
>
>
> Any magical incantations to fix the problem(s) and get it working? What
> am I missing?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
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