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@@ -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 |