From 3946c3a08034416d52553d6d5077263609bbd88f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bwarsaw <> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:39:58 +0000 Subject: updated for web site --- admin/www/mailman-install/node39.html | 71 ++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) (limited to 'admin/www/mailman-install/node39.html') diff --git a/admin/www/mailman-install/node39.html b/admin/www/mailman-install/node39.html index f6b4338f..d120751b 100644 --- a/admin/www/mailman-install/node39.html +++ b/admin/www/mailman-install/node39.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ -7 Create a site-wide mailing list +7 Review your site defaults

-7 Create a site-wide mailing list +7 Review your site defaults

-After you have completed the integration of Mailman and your mail server, you -need to create a ``site-wide'' mailing list. This is the one that password -reminders will appear to come from, and it is required for proper Mailman -operation. Usually this should be a list called mailman, but if you -need to change this, be sure to change the MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable in -mm_cfg.py. You can create the site list with this command, following -the prompts: +Mailman has a large number of site-wide configuration options which you should +now review and change according to your needs. Some of the options control +how Mailman interacts with your environment, and other options select defaults +for newly created lists⁵. There are system tuning parameters and integration options.

-    % bin/newlist mailman
-

+The full set of site-wide defaults lives in the +$prefix/Mailman/Defaults.py file, however you should +never modify this file! Instead, change the mm_cfg.py file in +that same directory. You only need to add values to mm_cfg.py that are +different than the defaults in Defaults.py, and future Mailman upgrades +are guaranteed never to touch your mm_cfg.py file.

-Now configure your site list. There is a convenient template for a generic -site list in the installation directory, under data/sitelist.cfg which -can help you with this. You should review the configuration options in the -template, but note that any options not named in the sitelist.cfg file -won't be changed. - -

-The template can be applied to your site list by -running: - -

-    % bin/config_list -i data/sitelist.cfg mailman
-

- -

-After applying the sitelist.cfg options, be sure you review the -site list's configuration via the admin pages. - -

-You should also subscribe yourself to the site list. +The Defaults.py file is documented extensively, so the options are not +described here. The Defaults.py and mm_cfg.py are both +Python files so valid Python syntax must be +maintained or your Mailman installation will break.

Footnotes

... lists ⁵: In general, changing the list defaults +described in this section will not affect any already created lists. To make +changes after a list has been created, use the web interface or the command +line scripts. +

-Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 13, 2004. +Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 22, 2004. -- cgit v1.2.3