[Mailman-Developers] [patch] INSTALL file contains errors in 2.1.1

[bert hubert]

These problems confused me somewhat:

--- INSTALL.~	Sat Feb 22 15:17:19 2003
+++ INSTALL	Sat Feb 22 15:19:27 2003
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
       already in use, choose something else unique and see the
       --with-groupname below.
 
+      Make sure the 'mailman' user is in group 'mailman'! Otherwise
+      permission problems will ensue.
+
     - Create an installation directory (called $prefix in the
       documentation that follows).  All of the Mailman files will be
       installed under $prefix.  Run "configure --help" for ways to
@@ -337,6 +340,17 @@
           % su - mailman
           % crontab crontab.in
 
+    - 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.
+
     - Start the Mailman qrunner daemon, by executing the following
       from the $prefix directory:
 
@@ -388,18 +402,8 @@
 
           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.
+    - You should then subscribe yourself to the mailman list created above.
 
 
 5. Customize Mailman


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