Well, I reasoned that mailman was working just fine, save for the fact that it was not delivering any messages. I went to Mailman/Defaults.py
and there I learned that the makers of mailman, in an over-protective move, commented out "Sendmail" as the Delivery_Module, and put "SMTPDirect" instead. All that is fine, except that there should be a warning about this somewhere in the INSTALL docs. I do know about the security problems with Sendmail, and I am applying myself to patching my installation this afternoon. But, from the point of view of mailman, once the correct Delivery_Module was specified in Defaults.py, it works fast as a whistle. I am glad: the work paid off. I am mad: I hate it when something as basic as 'Sendmail' is commented out because "You shouldn't be running sendmail in the first place." Fine, but tell me about it in the README file. I say it here in case another newbie writes in the future with the same difficulty. Many thanks to all who bothered with my problem. Best, elena ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org