diff -ruN mailman.orig/Mailman/Message.py mailman/Mailman/Message.py
--- mailman.orig/Mailman/Message.py	Wed Jul 21 03:05:10 1999
+++ mailman/Mailman/Message.py	Thu Sep  2 10:54:54 1999
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@
 	if not self.getheader('from') and set_from:
 	    self.SetHeader('from', sender)
 
+    def SetDate(self, date=time.ctime(time.time())):
+	self.SetHeader('date', date)
+
     def GetSender(self):
 	return self.sender
 
diff -ruN mailman.orig/Mailman/Utils.py mailman/Mailman/Utils.py
--- mailman.orig/Mailman/Utils.py	Wed Aug 25 10:42:33 1999
+++ mailman/Mailman/Utils.py	Thu Sep  2 10:52:49 1999
@@ -123,10 +123,15 @@
     
 
 def SendTextToUser(subject, text, recipient, sender, add_headers=[]):
-    import Message
+    import Message, time
     msg = Message.OutgoingMessage()
     msg.SetSender(sender)
     msg.SetHeader('Subject', subject, 1)
+    if msg.getheader('Message-ID') == None:
+	msg.SetHeaders('Message-ID: <%f.mailman@%s>' % (time.time(),
+	    mm_cfg.DEFAULT_HOST_NAME))
+    if msg.getheader('Date') == None:
+	msg.SetDate()
     msg.SetBody(QuotePeriods(text))
     DeliverToUser(msg, recipient, add_headers=add_headers)
 
@@ -179,6 +184,29 @@
         OutgoingQueue.deferMessage(queue_id)
 
 def TrySMTPDelivery(recipient, sender, text, queue_entry):
+    import types
+
+    if type(mm_cfg.MAILER_CMD) == types.StringType and len(mm_cfg.MAILER_CMD):
+ 	recip = []
+ 	if type(recipient) == types.StringType:
+ 	    recip = [recipient]
+ 	elif type(recipient) == types.ListType:
+ 	    recip = recipient
+ 	else:
+ 	    return
+ 	    # What else we can do? Log?
+ 	try:
+ 	    ppe = os.popen(mm_cfg.MAILER_CMD % {
+ 		    'mm_sender': sender,
+ 		    'mm_recipients': string.join(recip, ' '),
+ 		}, 'w')
+ 	    ppe.write(text)
+ 	    ppe.close()
+ 	    return
+ 	except:
+ 	    pass
+ 	    # Try to deliver via SMTP port instead
+ 
     import socket
     import OutgoingQueue
 
diff -ruN mailman.orig/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist.in mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist.in
--- mailman.orig/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist.in	Fri Jun 19 22:11:32 1998
+++ mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist.in	Thu Sep  2 10:52:49 1999
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@
 PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL = '/pipermail'
 PRIVATE_ARCHIVE_URL = '/mailman/private'
 
+MAILER_CMD	  = '@SENDMAIL@'
+
 # Note - if you're looking for something that is imported from mm_cfg, but you
 # didn't find it above, it's probably in Defaults.py.
diff -ruN mailman.orig/README.QMAIL mailman/README.QMAIL
--- mailman.orig/README.QMAIL	Mon Mar  1 18:37:40 1999
+++ mailman/README.QMAIL	Thu Sep  2 10:52:49 1999
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   tcp-env: 127. 143.205.200 : setenv RELAYCLIENT
 
   where 143.205.200. is your domain.  If you use tcpserver, then you
-  need something like the following in your /etc/tcp.smtp file:
+  need something like the following in your /etc/tcp.smtp (or such) file:
 
   143.205.200.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
   127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
@@ -75,10 +75,13 @@
 - BN: Bigger /var/qmail/control/concurrencyremote values work better
   sending outbound messages.
 
+- Bigger /var/qmail/control/concurrencyremote values work better sending
+  outbound messages.
+
 - More information about setting up qmail and relaying can be found in 
   the qmail documentation.
 
-BN: Last but not least, here's a little script to generate aliases to
+BN: At last but not least there's a little script to generate aliases to
 your lists:
 
 #!/bin/sh
diff -ruN mailman.orig/configure.in mailman/configure.in
--- mailman.orig/configure.in	Fri Jul 23 09:09:05 1999
+++ mailman/configure.in	Thu Sep  2 10:52:49 1999
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 if test -z "$with_mail_gid"
 then
     AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_group_mail, [dnl
-    ac_cv_group_mail="other mail daemon"])
+    ac_cv_group_mail="nofiles other mail daemon"])
 else
     ac_cv_group_mail=$with_mail_gid
 fi
@@ -294,8 +294,48 @@
 fi
 
 
-#MM_FIND_USER_ID(ALIAS_UID, mailman, alias_wrapper)
-#MM_FIND_GROUP_ID(ALIAS_GID, mail, alias_wrapper)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for sendmail programs)
+AC_ARG_WITH(sendmail, dnl
+[  --with-sendmail      do deliveries with this program])
+if test -z "$with_sendmail"
+then
+    AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_sendmail, [dnl
+	ac_cv_sendmail="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail /etc/sendmail"])
+else
+    ac_cv_sendmail=$with_sendmail
+fi
+AC_SUBST(SENDMAIL)
+changequote(,)
+cat > conftest.py <<EOF
+import os, string
+fil = ''
+for fle in string.split("$ac_cv_sendmail"):
+    try:
+	l = os.stat(fle)
+	if l[0] & 0x111:
+	    fil = fle
+	    break
+    except:
+	pass
+fp = open('conftest.out', 'w')
+fp.write('%s\n' % fil)
+fp.close
+EOF
+changequote([, ])
+$PYTHON conftest.py
+SENDMAIL=`cat conftest.out`
+# Parameters are the same for qmail-inject and sendmail-clones but who knows?
+if test ! -z $SENDMAIL; then
+    if test ${SENDMAIL%%qmail-inject} != $SENDMAIL; then
+	SENDMAIL="$SENDMAIL -f %(mm_sender)s %(mm_recipients)"
+    elif test ${SENDMAIL%%sendmail} != $SENDMAIL; then
+	SENDMAIL="$SENDMAIL -f %(mm_sender)s %(mm_recipients)"
+    else
+	SENDMAIL=
+    fi
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT($SENDMAIL)
+rm -f conftest.out conftest.py
 
 # Check for CGI extensions, required by some Web servers
 AC_SUBST(CGIEXT)