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11 Customize Mailman
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Now that Mailman is all set up, there are a few site-wide configurations you
can make before you start creating mailing lists. You should do these steps
using the account you installed Mailman under in the <A href="troubleshooting.html#building">13</A> section.
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<LI>The file <span class="file"><var>$prefix/Mailman/Defaults.py</var></span> contains a number of
defaults for your installation. If any of these are incorrect, override
them in <span class="file"><var>$prefix</var>/Mailman/mm_cfg.py</span>, <strong>not</strong> in the
<span class="file">Defaults.py</span> file! See the comments in <span class="file">Defaults.py</span> for
details. Once a list is created, editing many of these variables will
have no effect. At that point, you'll need to configure your lists
through the web administration interface or through the command line
scripts <b class="program">bin/withlist</b> and <b class="program">bin/config_list</b>.
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The install process will never overwrite an existing <span class="file">mm_cfg.py</span>
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Do <strong>not</strong> change the <var>HOME_DIR</var> or <var>MAILMAN_DIR</var>
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<LI>Create the site password. Use this command:
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% $prefix/bin/mmsitepass <your-site-password>
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This password can be used anywhere that individual user or mailing list
administrator passwords are required, giving the mailman site
administrator the ability to adjust these things when necessary.
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You may also want to create a password for the site-wide ``list creator''
role. The list creator is someone other than the site administrator who
has privileges to create and remove lists through the web interface. Use
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