[Mailman-Users] sitewide list

[Roger H. Goun]

I just had a weird problem with the site-wide "mailman" list: the
links to it on the listinfo and admin pages on my site don't work,
apparently because their case is wrong.

I updated from 2.0.x to 2.1 back in January, then later I applied the
xss patch, and today I've upgraded to 2.1.1. Back when I upgraded to
2.1, I neglected to create the site-wide list. Today I noticed the
"Site list is missing" log message and a quick Google search revealed
the solution.

After creating the "mailman" list with "bin/newlist mailman", I went
to my Web server's .../mailman/listinfo page and clicked on the
"Mailman" link in the list of mailing lists at the bottom. I was
redirected to the same page.

A little investigation revealed that the page contained a link to
.../mailman/listinfo/mailman, which doesn't work, rather than to
.../mailman/listinfo/Mailman, which DOES work. The same thing happened
with the .../mailman/admin/mailman link on the .../mailman/admin page.
Restarting Apache and my browser didn't solve the problem. Changing
the public name (general/real_name) of the list from "Mailman" to
"mailman" didn't help, either.

Even more strangely, links like .../mailman/admin/mailman/privacy DO
work, as do the capitalized versions like
.../mailman/admin/Mailman/privacy.

Since then I've "solved" the problem by hiding the site-wide list
(privacy/subscribing/advertised set to 'No') as suggested in this
thread. If someone will tell me the solution I'll be happy to document
it for the FAQ.

Thanks,

Roger

Environment:

Fully updated Red Hat Linux 7.3 x86
apache-1.3.27-2
python2-2.2.2-11.7.3

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Roger H. Goun                  Brentwood Country Animal Hospital, P.C.
Chief Kennel Officer           Exeter, New Hampshire, USA