I tried running this python script, and interestingly enough it does cause a message to be delivered correctly. So why does this script work but I get "host/servname not known" errors when I try to send a message to my list through Mailman? Very mysterious.
Eric >See the post at ><http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-May/044742.html>. > >This gives a more elaborate script that actually sends mail in exactly >the same way as Mailman's SMTPDirect module. If you run this script as >the mailman user, it should fail in the same way that mailman fails. >The exact failure should help diagnose the error. If you find it fails >in a way different from what's in the FAQ, please report the details >and the solution :-) so we can update the FAQ. > >Note that it is important to do these tests as the mailman user. One >person kept trying them as root and they never failed. It turned out >that root could read /etc/hosts and mailman couldn't. > >-- >Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, >San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
