2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Mailman/Version.py b/Mailman/Version.py
index 37124a9b..1c52f313 100644
--- a/Mailman/Version.py
+++ b/Mailman/Version.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # USA.
 
 # Mailman version
-VERSION = '2.1.18rc1'
+VERSION = '2.1.18rc2'
 
 # And as a hex number in the manner of PY_VERSION_HEX
 ALPHA = 0xa
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ MINOR_REV = 1
 MICRO_REV = 18
 REL_LEVEL = GAMMA
 # at most 15 beta releases!
-REL_SERIAL = 1
+REL_SERIAL = 2
 
 HEX_VERSION = ((MAJOR_REV << 24) | (MINOR_REV << 16) | (MICRO_REV << 8) |
                (REL_LEVEL << 4)  | (REL_SERIAL << 0))
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 18e54168..65447dc7 100755
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Copyright (C) 1998-2013 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
 
+2.1.18rc2 (19-Apr-2014)
+    - The new Utils.IsDMARCProhibited() used collections.defaultdict which
+      requires Python 2.5.  Changed to use a dict and setdefault.
+
 2.1.18rc1 (18-Apr-2014)
 
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