Comment 5 for bug 266543

Here's a rough outline of how to proceed:

1. Start by unpacking a fresh copy of mailman-2.0.5.tgz
2. Change into the top source directory (which was created
in the previous step.
3. Try applying my patches with:
     patch -p1 <
[where.ever]/mailman-2.0.5-plaintext-0.8.patch
(that's "dash pee one")
That should work --- you should not get any warnings or
prompts from patch. If you do, something is fishy.
4. Run ./configure and 'make install' as usual (read
mailman's INSTALL for instructions on this.)

Feel free to write me at <email address hidden>.