On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 11:28, Thorsten Brabetz wrote: > > Hello Jon, > > Thank you for your reply! > > On Thursday 26 February 2004 15:42, you wrote: > > What in particular are your settings in > > ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py (or Defaults.py) for the > > "Delivery Defaults": > > DELIVERY_MODULE = 'SMTPDirect' > > MTA = 'Manual' > > SMTPHOST = 'localhost' > > SMTPPORT = 0 # default from smtplib > > SENDMAIL_CMD = '/usr/lib/sendmail' > > I finally found it, and while the problem was not in the > above section of Defaults.py, your mail made me read that > file one more time top to bottom, and it finally dawned on > me what the problem was: > > SMTPHOST was set to 'localhost', but localhost was not > defined in /etc/hosts (don't ask me why, I did not setup > this system, I am just responsible for it now; I have to > admit that the idea that it might not be defined never even > crossed my mind prior to your mail...); hence, the smtp > error. Have now added > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > entry to /etc/hosts, now Mailman seems to be working > perfectly! > > Thanks again! > > Best wishes > > > Thorsten > Glad to be of help.
I'll make sure that item is covered FAQ 3.14. Take care - Jon Carnes ------------------------------------------------------ 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
