> > When you ran the "newlist" command, it should have generated a list of > aliases, formatted exactly for the aliases file. Did "newlist" generate > this output on your system?
Now that you mention it: Entry for aliases file: ## list2 mailing list ## created: 10-Nov-2002 root list2: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post list2" list2-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner list2" list2-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd list2" list2-owner: list2-admin > If so, any particular reason why you > ignored it? I didn't "ignore" it, it states "Entry for aliases file" It should read "Ensure you add the following information to your Aliases file for mailman to work" I'm not trying to be snide, Well, your comment seems pretty snide... Mailman seems to be a great program since I figured out what I needed to do. The documentation seems lacking, but I can't complain since there is a mailing list devoted to it. I'm just wondering if there's > some way this step could be improved -- there are many many queries > every week with people who ignore the alias-creation step, and I'm > wondering why. Well the reason would be that the "alias-creation step" doesn't tell you to edit the aliases file (see comment above). I mentioned how to improve the wording. What would be a great help is to add this re-occurring problem to the FAQ. I looked and didn't see it. As far as I know, there's nothing in the output of > "newlist" that says alias-creation is optional. :-) Then again, nothing says to edit the file either. It looks as if it just states alias information. I am sure there is a way to change the script to edit the alias file automatically. Nothing is impossible... BTW, thanks for the info... It is what I needed to get Mailman to work. Johnathon B. Allread East Coast Computers 1902 Colley Avenue Norfolk, VA 23517 http://www.eastcoast-pc.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: archive@jab.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
