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# GNU Mailman - Installation Manual

Barry Warsaw

barry (at) list dot org

Release 2.1
January 11, 2009

- Front Matter
  - 1 Installation Requirements
  - 2 Set up your system
    - 2.1 Add the group and user
    - 2.2 Create the installation directory
  - 3 Build and install Mailman
    - 3.1 Run configure
    - 3.2 Make and install
  - 4 Check your installation
  - 5 Set up your web server
  - 6 Set up your mail server
    - 6.1 Using the Postfix mail server
    - 6.2 Using the Exim mail server
    - 6.3 Using the Sendmail mail server
    - 6.4 Using the Qmail mail server
  - 7 Review your site defaults
  - 8 Create a site-wide mailing list
  - 9 Set up cron
  - 10 Start the Mailman qrunner
  - 11 Check the hostname settings
  - 12 Create the site password
  - 13 Create your first mailing list
  - 14 Troubleshooting
  - 15 Platform and operating system notes
    - 15.1 GNU/Linux issues
    - 15.2 BSD issues
    - 15.3 MacOSX issues
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Release 2.1, documentation updated on January 11, 2009.