Topic: mailman error, working partially

[Trashman]

what do this mean and how can i solve it? it was kinda my fault or a bug? i just installed mailman and tried to create a list after creating the admin password as described on the wiki:

admin(4471): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.5 -----]
admin(4471): [----- Traceback ------]
admin(4471): Traceback (most recent call last):
admin(4471):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 101, in run_main
admin(4471):     main()
admin(4471):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main
admin(4471):     process_request(doc, cgidata)
admin(4471):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 235, in process_request
admin(4471):     sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1)
admin(4471):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MTA/SME.py", line 43, in create
admin(4471):     raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr)
admin(4471): RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/lib/mailman/bin/smelist addlist mailing (status: 1, Operation not permitted)

I think that there is the relevant info, the rest is kinda report about the html drawing...if you need it ill post it...
The strange thing is that even if it gives that error the list is actually created and appear in the lists list but its kinda as if there is no single mail alias created so if i try to join via email qmail just reject the mail as if the address didnt existed:

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mydomain.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<mailing-subscribe@mydomain.com>:
Recipient unknown


So...how can i solve it? did i did something wrong? is the wiki about mailman updated? just to be sure i removed and installed it again and the same (yum remove mailman smeserver-mailman)

I still didnt reported it as a bug because im not sure if it was my fault or maybe the wiki is outdated and now there is another method...

[Trashman]

Doing deep search on the forum i discovered that i shouldnt name a mailing list exactly the same as an already existing ibay, that was my problem, and after that the system kinda loked in a not working state as i tried creating list with other names but nothing worked...i solved it in a very anoying way, reinstalling the whole server again from scratch (not only mailman, the whole sme server)...if there is not enough devel-time to solve this problem at least it should be warned at the mailman installation wiki (its just a line of text maybe in bold or in red)...i know that it is not a top priority but also i think it is common to use a mailing with the name of the site as example...or with the name of a specific workgroup...and also is common to name a sites ibay or a workgroup ibay the same to keep things in order...so at least 4 of 5 persons installing mailman on a sme server is going to have the same problem imo...its just a suggestion...
And btw there is already a bug report about this from some1 else, i think i shouldnt report again, but tell me if im wrong and i fill a report...

[janet]

Trashman

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