Problems With Creating A List

[Rejean Proulx]

I sent this before but it bounced.
I am trying to create a maling list using mailman which I just installed.
It won't let me use the web interface because of a bug that it claims has
information in a log file that doesn't exist, so I am using the newlist
script.  Here is what it does.  In short, it craps out.  Here is the script

----- Original Message -----
From: "root" <
root at interfree.caa>

To: <
rejp at rogers.com>

Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 5:16 PM

> Script started on Sat Nov  1 17:15:29 2003
> interfree:/var/lib/mailman# newlist
> Enter the name of the list: blindetext
> Enter the email of the person running the list:
rejp at rogers.com
>
Initial blindetext password:
> Entry for aliases file:
>
> ## blindetext mailing list
> ## created: 01-Nov-2003 root
> blindetext:              "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post blindetext"
> blindetext-admin:        "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner
blindetext"
> blindetext-request:      "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd
blindetext"
> blindetext-owner:        blindetext-admin
>
> Hit enter to continue with blindetext owner notification...
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 223, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 204, in main
>     {'listname'    : listname,
>   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 500, in maketext
>     fp = open(file)
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/lib/mailman/templates/newlist.txt'
> interfree:/var/lib/mailman#
> Script done on Sat Nov  1 17:16:27 2003
>

 Rejean Proulx
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MSN is: rejp at rogers.com
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