Failed to create mailing list : A list with the same name already exists

Submitted by RedKnot on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 04:56

Hi,

I'm not sure if I configured mailman the correct way? I can't find any documentation on this topic on the virtualmin website. I configured mailman using the official documentation. I stopped at http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/postfix-virtual.html because I'm not sure if this is needed when I use virtualmin. I can create mailing list but when I try to add a mailing list to a new domain with the same name as a mailing list in another domain I get this message:

Failed to create mailing list : A list with the same name already exists

So I think the virtual hosts in mailman are not set up correctly. Do you have any guidelines on how to do this.

thanks, Martijn

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Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 12:42

If you installed Virtualmin from our script, there shouldn't be an extra Mailman setup needed - you can just enable that feature for a domain, and then create a list at Services -> Mailing Lists.

What is the name of the list you are trying to create?

Submitted by RedKnot on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 13:19

There is no way to setup virtualmin with a script on Solaris. I installed mailman from source and I'm trying to integrate with virtualmin

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 13:30

Sure, there's a solaris install script .. although it is only suitable for use on an empty freshly installed system.

But a manual setup should work too.

Is this new list named 'mailman' ? Or does a list with the same name exist in some other domain?

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 13:32

Howdy -- there is an installation script for Solaris... you can download it when you go to this URL:

http://virtualmin.com/serial/

Under where it says download, click the "Solaris" link rather than the "Linux" link.

However, the install.sh script is best on new servers... if this is for a server that's already live, with existing sites and such, I wouldn't recommend using it.

Submitted by RedKnot on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 14:14

I tried to create a list named mailmantest in one domain, that was succesful. Then I tried to create a list mailmantest in another domain and that failed with the message above.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 15:09

That is expected - mailman doesn't allow the same list to exist in more than one domain.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 11:39

Yes, but unfortunately Virtualmin doesn't implement virtual mailman lists like that, sorry ..