Hi, I get this error almost every minute. If check the permissions I see that config.db of all lists are owned by nobody ( web user ). Is it not okey? Should I chown? Your "cron" job on mail /usr/local/bin/python -S /export/home/mailman//cron/gate_news produced the following output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/export/home/mailman//cron/gate_news", line 222, in ? main() File "/export/home/mailman//cron/gate_news", line 203, in main process_lists(lock) File "/export/home/mailman//cron/gate_news", line 140, in process_lists mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0) File "/export/home/mailman//Mailman/MailList.py", line 79, in __init__ self.Load() File "/export/home/mailman//Mailman/MailList.py", line 891, in Load dict, e = self.__load(dbfile) File "/export/home/mailman//Mailman/MailList.py", line 868, in __load fp = open(dbfile) IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/export/home/mailman/lists/test1/config.db' ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users