[Mailman-Users] Next: newlist admin passwords not working?

[Dan Mick]

> I'm still confused though; if Python and mmsitepass are not using crypt
> even though USE_CRYPT is 1, why was newlist using it?  Is newlist a C
> program instead of a Python program, or something?

Nope, newlist uses Mailman/Crypt.py; that file tries to import crypt, and
if it succeeds, uses it, otherwise uses md5.  Maybe something is broken
about your library paths or something that allow crypt to be imported
in one context but not another; that's all I can guess.