strings as exceptions are invalid in python2.6

Bug #297628 reported by Jarek Koszuk
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #293178: Python 2.6 incompatibilities. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

There are still few exceptions in Mailman/Errors.py not converted to classes. In python 2.6 strings as exceptions are no longer supported.

The errors in mailman log look like this:
admin(31385): Traceback (most recent call last):
admin(31385): File "/usr/lib64/mailman/scripts/driver", line 101, in run_main
admin(31385): main()
admin(31385): File "usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py", line 96, in main
admin(31385): File "usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py", line 176, in process_form
admin(31385): File "usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 917, in AddMember
admin(31385): TypeError: exceptions must be classes or instances, not str

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