Do a "Python beginners e-mail list" exist?

[John Machin]

Alessandro Brollo wrote:
> Far from a professional programmer, I'm simply a
> newbie Python user. Two basic questions:
> 
> 1. I don't want to post banal questions about Python
> to main Python list. Does a "banal Python questions
> list" or a "Python beginners list" exist?

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

> 
> 2. There is somewhere a very patient fellow willing to
> be my free "python tutor" by personal e-mailing
> outside the mail list?

See above, where the possibility of one-on-one tutorials is canvassed.

> The ideal candidate would be
> someone, sharing with me some other fields of interest
> (I'm a middle-aged Italian pathologist, with some
> dBase III and dBase IV past programming experience,
> and I like nature and mainly horses). 

There are other newsgroups that cater for your interests e.g. 
rec.equestrian -- check out Google groups.