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-rwxr-xr-xNEWS3
-rwxr-xr-xbin/newlist4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 993c8ab9..622fca81 100755
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
Bug Fixes and other patches
+ - Added more explanation to the bad owner address message from
+ bin/newlist. (LP: #1200763)
+
- Fixed a bug causing the admin web interface to fail CSRF checking if
the list name contains a '+' character. (LP: #1190802)
diff --git a/bin/newlist b/bin/newlist
index c14b77f3..940ca9f4 100755
--- a/bin/newlist
+++ b/bin/newlist
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ def main():
except Errors.BadListNameError, s:
usage(1, _('Illegal list name: %(s)s'))
except Errors.EmailAddressError, s:
- usage(1, _('Bad owner email address: %(s)s'))
+ usage(1, _('Bad owner email address: %(s)s') +
+ _(' - owner addresses need to be fully-qualified names'
+ ' like "owner@example.com", not just "owner".'))
except Errors.MMListAlreadyExistsError:
usage(1, _('List already exists: %(listname)s'))