diff --git a/GIDs b/GIDs
index 4e81f4c4b751..bc90a2fb5201 100644
--- a/GIDs
+++ b/GIDs
@@ -209,3 +209,4 @@ gnokii:*:947:
 dnrd:*:948:
 dbxml:*:949:
 conquest:*:950:
+nobody:*:65534:
diff --git a/UIDs b/UIDs
index cecb3ee49454..94c725fe9c0b 100644
--- a/UIDs
+++ b/UIDs
@@ -214,3 +214,4 @@ dbxml:*:945:945::0:0:& user:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
 sybase:*:946:946::0:0:& user:/usr/local/sybase-ase:/sbin/nologin
 dnrd:*:948:948::0:0:& user:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
 dbxml:*:949:949::0:0:dbXML user:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
+nobody:*:65534:65534:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 282d7c6dee15..fa5a8d85886a 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ they are unavoidable.
 You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
 you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
+20110613:
+  AFFECTS: users of mail/mailman with postfix
+  AUTHOR: crees@FreeBSD.org
+
+  The mailman port has for some time specified the incorrect group when
+  using with Postfix, as reported in ports/142000. The group for mailman
+  is now nobody if compiled with Postfix. Be prepared to make appropriate
+  adjustments if you have compensated for this bug in the past.
+
 20110608:
   AFFECTS: users of security/amavisd-milter
   AUTHOR: delphij@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/mail/mailman/Makefile b/mail/mailman/Makefile
index 30ee78bdf614..2102306026bd 100644
--- a/mail/mailman/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mailman/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	mailman
 DISTVERSION=	2.1.14
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES?=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU} \
 		SF/${PORTNAME}/Mailman%202.1%20%28stable%29/${PORTVERSION}
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ OPTIONS=	SENDMAIL "for use with sendmail" off \
 		HTDIG "htdig integration patches" off \
 		NAMAZU2 "make private archives searchable with namazu2" off
 
-HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
+USE_AUTOTOOLS=	autoconf
+GNU_CONFIGURE_PREFIX=	${MAILMANDIR}
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=	yes
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--prefix=${MAILMANDIR} --with-python=${PYTHON_CMD} \
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-python=${PYTHON_CMD} \
 		--with-username=${MM_USERNAME} \
 		--with-groupname=${MM_GROUPNAME} \
-		--with-mail-gid=${MAIL_GID} --with-cgi-gid=${CGI_GID}
+		--with-mail-gid=${MAIL_GID} --with-cgi-gid=${CGI_GID} \
+		--with-permcheck=no
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 SUB_LIST+=	MAILMANDIR=${MAILMANDIR}
 USE_RC_SUBR=	mailman
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ IMGDIR?=	www/icons
 #
 # End of user-configurable variables.
 
+USERS=		${MM_USERNAME}
+GROUPS=		${MM_GROUPNAME}
+
 MAILMANDIR=	${PREFIX}/${MM_DIR}
 PKGINSTALL=	${WRKDIR}/pkg-install
 PKGDEINSTALL=	${WRKDIR}/pkg-deinstall
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ IMGFILES=	PythonPowered.png mailman.jpg mm-icon.png
 .if defined(WITH_SENDMAIL)
 .if defined(WITH_EXIM3) || defined(WITH_EXIM4) || defined(WITH_POSTFIX) || \
 defined(WITH_COURIER)
-BROKEN=	choose only one MTA integration
+IGNORE=	can only have one MTA selected to integrate with
 .endif
 MAIL_GID?=	mailnull
 .endif
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ MAIL_GID?=	mailnull
 .if defined(WITH_EXIM3)
 .if defined(WITH_SENDMAIL) || defined(WITH_EXIM4) || defined(WITH_POSTFIX) || \
 defined(WITH_COURIER)
-BROKEN=	choose only one MTA integration
+IGNORE=	can only have one MTA selected to integrate with
 .endif
 MAIL_GID?=	nobody
 .endif
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ MAIL_GID?=	nobody
 .if defined(WITH_EXIM4)
 .if defined(WITH_SENDMAIL) || defined(WITH_EXIM3) || defined(WITH_POSTFIX) || \
 defined(WITH_COURIER)
-BROKEN=	choose only one MTA integration
+IGNORE=	can only have one MTA selected to integrate with
 .endif
 MAIL_GID?=	mail
 .endif
@@ -93,16 +98,16 @@ MAIL_GID?=	mail
 .if defined(WITH_POSTFIX)
 .if defined(WITH_SENDMAIL) || defined(WITH_EXIM3) || defined(WITH_EXIM4) || \
 defined(WITH_COURIER)
-BROKEN=	choose only one MTA integration
+IGNORE=	can only have one MTA selected to integrate with
 .endif
-MAIL_GID?=	mailman
+MAIL_GID?=	nobody
 EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${FILESDIR}/postfix-verp.diff
 .endif
 
 .if defined(WITH_COURIER)
 .if defined(WITH_SENDMAIL) || defined(WITH_EXIM3) || defined(WITH_EXIM4) || \
 defined(WITH_POSTFIX)
-BROKEN=	choose only one MTA integration
+IGNORE=	can only have one MTA selected to integrate with
 .endif
 MAIL_GID?=	courier
 .endif
@@ -149,29 +154,18 @@ pre-fetch:
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's#%%LOCALBASE%%#${LOCALBASE}#g' \
 	  ${WRKSRC}/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
-
-pre-configure::
-# Mailman's configure script needs the "mailman" user/group to exist, so
-# $PKGINSTALL has to be patched before the do-configure target executes.
+# Disable username check in configure -- we promise to make the users!
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
+		-e 's#^MM_FIND_\([^_]*\)_NAME.*#MAILMAN_\1=$${\1NAME}#' \
+		${WRKSRC}/configure.in
 	@${SED} \
-	  -e 's#%%USER%%#${MM_USERNAME}#g' -e 's#%%UID%%#${MM_USERID}#g' \
-	  -e 's#%%GROUP%%#${MM_GROUPNAME}#g' -e 's#%%GID%%#${MM_GROUPID}#g' \
-	  -e 's#%%MAILMANDIR%%#${MAILMANDIR}#g' ${MASTERDIR}/pkg-install > \
-	  ${PKGINSTALL}
-	@${SH} ${PKGINSTALL} ${PKGNAME} PRE-INSTALL
-
-post-configure:
+	  -e 's#%%USER%%#${MM_USERNAME}#g' \
+	  -e 's#%%MAILMANDIR%%#${MAILMANDIR}#g' \
+		${MASTERDIR}/pkg-install > ${PKGINSTALL}
 	@${SED} \
 	  -e 's#%%USER%%#${MM_USERNAME}#g' -e 's#%%GROUP%%#${MM_GROUPNAME}#g' \
 	  -e 's#%%PREFIX%%#${PREFIX}#g' -e 's#%%MAILMANDIR%%#${MAILMANDIR}#g' \
 	  ${MASTERDIR}/pkg-deinstall > ${PKGDEINSTALL}
-# port system auditors complain if dir is created prior to install
-# but configure demands it be there.  we delete it now if empty,
-# so it will be re-created.  For existing installs, this is ignored
-	@- ${RMDIR} ${MAILMANDIR} 2> /dev/null
-
-pre-install:
-	@${SH} ${PKGINSTALL} ${PKGNAME} PRE-INSTALL
 
 post-install:
 	@${RM} -f ${MAILMANDIR}/pythonlib/*.egg-info
diff --git a/mail/mailman/files/mailman.in b/mail/mailman/files/mailman.in
index d3f4818c0d73..b3faf9fd8faa 100644
--- a/mail/mailman/files/mailman.in
+++ b/mail/mailman/files/mailman.in
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ mailman_start() {
 }
 
 mailman_stop() {
-	%%MAILMANDIR%%/bin/mailmanctl -q stop
+	[ -f $pidfile ] \
+	  && %%MAILMANDIR%%/bin/mailmanctl -q stop \
+	  || echo ${name} not running? (check ${pidfile})
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/mail/mailman/pkg-deinstall b/mail/mailman/pkg-deinstall
index 05972ee6ebc5..48ad970113fc 100644
--- a/mail/mailman/pkg-deinstall
+++ b/mail/mailman/pkg-deinstall
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ DEINSTALL)
       echo "--->     /usr/bin/crontab -u "%%USER%%" -r"
   fi
 
-  echo "---> Stopping Mailman's qrunner daemon"
-  %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/mailman.sh stop >/dev/null 2>&1
-  /bin/sleep 2
-
   echo "---> Preserving the \"last_mailman_version\" file"
   /bin/cp -f %%MAILMANDIR%%/data/last_mailman_version /var/tmp/
 
@@ -51,10 +47,6 @@ POST-DEINSTALL)
     /bin/mv -f /var/tmp/last_mailman_version %%MAILMANDIR%%/data/
   fi
 
-  echo '---> - If you are not using Mailman any more, you should manually delete'
-  echo '---> - the "%%USER%%" user and "%%GROUP%%" group.'
-  echo '---> - You may delete them with "pw groupdel %%GROUP%%; pw userdel %%USER%%".'
-
   ;;
 
 esac
diff --git a/mail/mailman/pkg-install b/mail/mailman/pkg-install
index 2441fa532116..11add7d3e514 100644
--- a/mail/mailman/pkg-install
+++ b/mail/mailman/pkg-install
@@ -6,49 +6,11 @@ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
 
 case $2 in
 
-PRE-INSTALL)
-  echo "---> Starting install script:"
-
-  if [ -z "%%MAILMANDIR%%" -o \
-       -z "%%USER%%" -o -z "%%GROUP%%" -o \
-       -z "%%UID%%" -o -z "%%GID%%" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: A required pragma was empty"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  # Create group if required
-  if pw group show "%%GROUP%%" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "---> Using existing group \"%%GROUP%%\""
-  else
-    echo "---> Adding group \"%%GROUP%%\" (%%GID%%)"
-    /usr/sbin/pw groupadd %%GROUP%% -g %%GID%% || exit 1
-  fi
-
-  # Create user if required
-  if pw user show "%%USER%%" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "---> Using existing user \"%%USER%%\""
-  else
-    echo "---> Adding user \"%%USER%%\" (%%UID%%)"
-    pw useradd "%%USER%%" -u "%%UID%%" -g "%%GROUP%%" -h - \
-      -d "%%MAILMANDIR%%" -s "/sbin/nologin" -c "Mailman Owner" || exit 1
-  fi
-
-  # Create home directory if required
-  if [ -d "%%MAILMANDIR%%" ]; then
-    echo "---> Using existing Mailman directory (%%MAILMANDIR%%)"
-    echo "     (There may be existing active mailing lists - this installation will"
-    echo "     attempt to preserve them.)"
-  else
-    echo "---> Creating Mailman directory (%%MAILMANDIR%%)"
-    (umask 002 && /bin/mkdir -p "%%MAILMANDIR%%") || exit 1
-    /usr/sbin/chown -R "%%USER%%:%%GROUP%%" "%%MAILMANDIR%%" || exit 1
-    /bin/chmod g+s "%%MAILMANDIR%%" || exit 1
-  fi
-  ;;
-
 POST-INSTALL)
   echo "---> Starting post-install script:"
 
+  /bin/chmod g+s "%%MAILMANDIR%%" || exit 1
+
   echo "---> Checking crontab(5) file for user \"%%USER%%\""
 
   if [ -e /var/cron/allow ]; then
diff --git a/mail/mailman/pkg-plist b/mail/mailman/pkg-plist
index 71e6af4cac62..cd9b880e03ff 100644
--- a/mail/mailman/pkg-plist
+++ b/mail/mailman/pkg-plist
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @comment $FreeBSD$
+@stopdaemon mailman
 @unexec if cmp -s %D/%%MMDIR%%/Mailman/mm_cfg.py %D/%%MMDIR%%/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist; then rm -f %D/%%MMDIR%%/Mailman/mm_cfg.py; fi
 @unexec rm -f %D/%%MMDIR%%/Mailman/mm_cfg.pyc
 @exec mkdir -p %D/%%MMDIR%%/archives