Yes, I suppose I was a little slow with the details. I sent it in a hurry from work. Sorry.
Ok. My system is a Fedora 7 system. The version of mailman is mailman-2.1.9-5.1. I installed the RPM. I have run bin/check_perms -f as root. It reported errors the first time and none thereafter. I did set the aliases appropriately. I can send messages to the lists by cat'ing the message into the alias. I did create the site-wide mailman list. I believe I followed the directions, although I have a suspicion that this list is where the problem lies. I have full access on this system, and yes, I have searched the mailman logs for a hint. The only info I see if in the /var/log/mailman/vette file and is really no more helpful than the message in the subject line: Dec 30 12:00:02 2007 (3267) Mailman post from [EMAIL PROTECTED] held, message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Post by non-member to a members-only list The aliases for the lists are: ## mailman mailing list mailman: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" ## homegroup mailing list homegroup: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post homegroup" homegroup-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin homegroup" homegroup-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces homegroup" homegroup-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm homegroup" homegroup-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join homegroup" homegroup-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave homegroup" homegroup-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner homegroup" homegroup-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request homegroup" homegroup-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe homegroup" homegroup-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe homegroup" thanks for any hints, Vic ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp