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It will cover basic installation instructions, as well as guidelines for integrating Mailman with your web and mail servers. <P> The GNU Mailman website is at <a class="url" href="http://www.list.org">http://www.list.org</a></DIV> <P> <P> <p><br /></p><hr class='online-navigation' /> <div class='online-navigation'> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></a> <UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> <LI><A href="node2.html">1 Installation Requirements</a> <LI><A href="node3.html">2 Set up your system</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node4.html">2.1 Add the group and user</a> <LI><A href="create-install-dir.html">2.2 Create the installation directory</a> </ul> <LI><A href="node6.html">3 Build and install Mailman</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node7.html">3.1 Run <b class="program">configure</b></a> <LI><A href="node8.html">3.2 Make and install</a> </ul> <LI><A href="node9.html">4 Check your installation</a> <LI><A href="node10.html">5 Set up your web server</a> <LI><A href="mail-server.html">6 Set up your mail server</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node12.html">6.1 Using the Postfix mail server</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node13.html">6.1.1 Integrating Postfix and Mailman</a> <LI><A href="postfix-virtual.html">6.1.2 Virtual domains</a> <LI><A href="node15.html">6.1.3 An alternative approach</a> </ul> <LI><A href="node16.html">6.2 Using the Exim mail server</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node17.html">6.2.1 Exim configuration</a> <LI><A href="node18.html">6.2.2 Main configuration settings</a> <LI><A href="exim3-transport.html">6.2.3 Transport for Exim 3</a> <LI><A href="node20.html">6.2.4 Director for Exim 3</a> <LI><A href="node21.html">6.2.5 Router for Exim 4</a> <LI><A href="node22.html">6.2.6 Transports for Exim 4</a> <LI><A href="node23.html">6.2.7 Additional notes</a> <LI><A href="node24.html">6.2.8 Problems</a> <LI><A href="node25.html">6.2.9 Receiver Verification</a> <LI><A href="node26.html">6.2.10 SMTP Callback</a> <LI><A href="node27.html">6.2.11 Doing VERP with Exim and Mailman</a> <LI><A href="node28.html">6.2.12 Virtual Domains</a> <LI><A href="node29.html">6.2.13 List Verification</a> <LI><A href="node30.html">6.2.14 Document History</a> </ul> <LI><A href="node31.html">6.3 Using the Sendmail mail server</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node32.html">6.3.1 Sendmail ``smrsh'' compatibility</a> <LI><A href="node33.html">6.3.2 Integrating Sendmail and Mailman</a> <LI><A href="node34.html">6.3.3 Performance notes</a> </ul> <LI><A href="qmail-issues.html">6.4 Using the Qmail mail server</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node36.html">6.4.1 Information on VERP</a> <LI><A href="node37.html">6.4.2 Virtual mail server</a> <LI><A href="node38.html">6.4.3 More information</a> </ul> </ul> <LI><A href="customizing.html">7 Review your site defaults</a> <LI><A href="node40.html">8 Create a site-wide mailing list</a> <LI><A href="node41.html">9 Set up cron</a> <LI><A href="node42.html">10 Start the Mailman qrunner</a> <LI><A href="node43.html">11 Check the hostname settings</a> <LI><A href="node44.html">12 Create the site password</a> <LI><A href="node45.html">13 Create your first mailing list</a> <LI><A href="troubleshooting.html">14 Troubleshooting</a> <LI><A href="node47.html">15 Platform and operating system notes</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node48.html">15.1 GNU/Linux issues</a> <LI><A href="bsd-issues.html">15.2 BSD issues</a> <LI><A href="node50.html">15.3 MacOSX issues</a> </ul></ul> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> </div> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'> <p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="GNU Mailman - 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