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

[Cody Harris]

mailman at darna:~$ /usr/local/mailman/bin/check_perms
No problems found
mailman at darna:~$

My $PREFIX is /usr/local/mailman/

On Thursday 11 September 2003 7:26 pm, you wrote:
> 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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