Ronnie Taylor wrote:

is there a fairly straight forward way to create a customized invitation message for each list set up on a single mailman installation?

Yes. The invitation template is invite.txt. FAQ article 4.48 (http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.048.htp) explains how to make list specific templates.

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