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Subject: Re: creating a new list
From: Jeff Wasilko <jeffw @ smoe . org>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:38:15 -0400
To: Robert Florkowski <FLORKOWS @ mmc . marymt . edu>, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <4F1C2277FD5@mmc.marymt.edu>; from "Robert Florkowski" on Thu, May 14, 1998 at 05:54:36PM -0500
Mail-followup-to: Robert Florkowski <FLORKOWS@mmc.marymt.edu>,majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM
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On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 05:54:36PM -0500, Robert Florkowski wrote:
> Hi,
>     This is my first time setting up a mailing list and I am having a
> problem establishing a new list.  I am following the instruction 
> NEWLIST but when I get to step 7 I keep getting a message back from 
> majordomo saying that my list name does not exist
> 
> this is the command I am sending from this email account:
> 
> config MMC-COMP MMC-COMP.admin
> 
> This is the message I get back:
> 
> >>>> config MMC-COMP MMC-COMP.admin
> **** config: unknown list 'MMC-COMP'.
> **** Help for postmstr@mmc.marymt.edu:
> 
> In my $listdir I have any empty file called MMC-COMP and another one 
> called MMC-COMP.info.

The files in your $listdir need to be all lower case. You can
tell people your list is called MMC-COMP, but the file in
$listdir would have to be mmc-comp.

Jeff


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