From 095dd92d07bc36431afbcb2f255c2916bea8d865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: twouters
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:58:54 +0000
Subject: Install procedure clarifications: the mailman list must be created
 before running 'mailmanctl start', and really should be created before the
 cronjobs are added as well. Also note that the mailman user must be in the
 mailman group.

Closes a patch mailed to mailman-developers by Bert Hubert (who really
should have known better than to mail patches ;)
---
 INSTALL | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7becfb8a0..33dd3d8ce 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -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 +316,17 @@ 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.
+
     - 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
@@ -388,18 +400,7 @@ 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.
+    - Subscribe yourself to the mailman list created earlier.
 
 
 5. Customize Mailman
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