Backporting information files from Mailman cvs head.

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7becfb8a..fd03db53 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System
-Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
 
 This file contains installation instructions for GNU Mailman, which is
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ upgrade.
       security is based on group-ownership permissions, so it is
       important to get this step right.  If groupname `mailman' is
       already in use, choose something else unique and see the
-      --with-groupname below.
+      --with-groupname below.  The mailman user created in the
+      previous step must be a member of this group.
 
     - Create an installation directory (called $prefix in the
       documentation that follows).  All of the Mailman files will be
@@ -315,6 +316,32 @@ upgrade.
 
       Now restart your web server.
 
+    - Create a "site-wide" mailing list.  This is the one that
+      password reminders will appear to come from.  Usually this
+      should be the "mailman" mailing list, but if you need to change
+      this, be sure to change the MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable in
+      mm_cfg.py (see below).
+
+          % bin/newlist mailman
+
+      Follow the prompts, and see the README file for more
+      information.
+
+      Now configure your site list.  There is a convenient template
+      for a generic site list in misc/sitelist.cfg to help you with
+      this.  The template can be applied to your site list by running:
+
+          % bin/config_list -i data/sitelist.cfg mailman
+
+      Before doing this, review the configuration options in the
+      template (note that many options are not changed by
+      sitelist.cfg).  After you do this, be sure you review the
+      configurations via the admin pages for this list.
+
+      Be sure to subscribe yourself to the site list, but use the
+      admin interface because mailback subscription confirmations
+      won't work at this point.
+
     - Set up the crontab entries.  Mailman runs a number of cron jobs
       for its basic functionality.  Note that if you're upgrading from
       a previous version of Mailman, you'll want to install the new
@@ -388,19 +415,6 @@ upgrade.
 
           add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
 
-    - Create a "site-wide" mailing list.  This is the one that
-      password reminders will appear to come from.  Usually this
-      should be the "mailman" mailing list, but if you need to change
-      this, be sure to change the MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable in
-      mm_cfg.py (see below).
-
-          % bin/newlist mailman
-
-      Follow the prompts, and see the README file for more
-      information.
-
-    - You should then subscribe yourself to the mailman list.
-
 
 5. Customize Mailman