[Mailman-Users] Can not create list "mailman"

[Jon Carnes]

Run check_perms from ~mailman/bin/

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 18:08, Cody Harris wrote:
> ./newlist mailman
> 
> Returns:
> 
> --------START QUOTE----------------------------------------------------
> 
> mailman at darna:/usr/local/mailman/bin$ ./newlist mailman
> Enter the email of the person running the list: mailman-owner
> Initial mailman-system password:
> 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 at 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: mailman at localhost
> 
> --------END QUOTE-----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> What is causing this?
> 
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