On Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:53 AM, Joy Warren wrote: > How do I open Mailman? > Can't even find a blithering .exe file.
It's not a Windows program, that's why there's no .exe file. > And am I doing irreparable damage to my networked computer which > uses Windows XP? >From the Mailman FAQ: 1.6. How do I run Mailman on Win2k (Win98, etc) http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.006.htp Mailman is designed for Unix (or Linux) systems. It may run on Windows systems after a lot of tweaking, but everyone recommends against it. If you must, you will need Python and a mail transfer agent at the least. 5.2. Will Mailman work with Windows 2000? http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq05.002.htp Yes. Here are the steps required to make it work using exim as an MTA and IIS as a web server. Pre-requisites Warning: This list of cygwin required components may be incomplete. Send changes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cygwin (www.cygwin.com) You must set the system environment variable CYGWIN=ntsec for mailman to work Exim (ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Humblet_Pierre_A/ V1.1/) Mailman (www.list.org) Note: GNU Mailman running under cygwin on Windows 2000 cannot be used to create private mailing lists. All mailing lists will be public. [see url for full details] Don't know about XP, no mention of that in the FAQ. hth, texas critter -- EL-M FAQ: http://www.emaillist-managers.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
