[Mailman-Users] problem with 'newlist' command, python errors

[Chris Nestrud]

Hello list. I have recently installed Mailman-2.0beta3, and am trying to
create my first list to verify the installation. I'm getting errors (shown
below this explanation). The box is running slackware linux, using qmail
as the MTA, and Python-1.5.2.

Any suggestions would be much-appreciated. The documentation and FAQ
didn't seem to cover anything like this.

Chris

A transcript of errors follows.
> bin/newlist
Enter the name of the list: testlist
Enter the email of the person running the list: ccn at panix.com
Initial testlist password: 
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "bin/newlist", line 155, in ?
    main(sys.argv)
  File "bin/newlist", line 112, in main
    mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, pw)
  File "/home/staff/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 785, in Create
    self.Lock()
  File "/home/staff/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1345, in Lock
    self.Load()
  File "/home/staff/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 894, in Load
    raise Errors.MMUnknownListError
Mailman.Errors.MMUnknownListError