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diff --git a/src/src/EDITME b/src/src/EDITME
index a7af6e8eb..418b51bab 100644
--- a/src/src/EDITME
+++ b/src/src/EDITME
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/EDITME,v 1.1 2004/10/07 10:39:01 ph10 Exp $ 
+# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/EDITME,v 1.3 2004/10/18 09:16:57 ph10 Exp $
 
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 #          The Exim mail transport agent         #
@@ -347,18 +347,26 @@ FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
 
 # CONFIGURE_OWNER=
 
-# If you specify CONFIGURE_OWNER as a name, this is looked up at build time,
-# and the uid number is built into the binary. However, you can specify that
-# this lookup is deferred until runtime. In this case, it is the name that is
-# built into the binary. You can do this by a setting of the form:
+# If the configuration file is group-writeable, Exim insists by default that it
+# is owned by root or the Exim user. You can specify one additional permitted 
+# group owner here.
+
+# CONFIGURE_GROUP=
+
+# If you specify CONFIGURE_OWNER or CONFIGURE_GROUP as a name, this is looked
+# up at build time, and the uid or gid number is built into the binary.
+# However, you can specify that the lookup is deferred until runtime. In this
+# case, it is the name that is built into the binary. You can do this by a
+# setting of the form:
 
 # CONFIGURE_OWNER=ref:mail
+# CONFIGURE_GROUP=ref:sysadmin
 
-# In other words, put "ref:" in front of the user name. Although this costs a
-# bit of resource at runtime, it is convenient to use this feature when
-# building binaries that are to be run on multiple systems where the name may
-# refer to different uids. It also allows you to build Exim on a system where
-# the relevant user is not defined.
+# In other words, put "ref:" in front of the user or group name. Although this
+# costs a bit of resource at runtime, it is convenient to use this feature when
+# building binaries that are to be run on multiple systems where the names may
+# refer to different uids or gids. It also allows you to build Exim on a system
+# where the relevant user or group is not defined.
 
 
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