--- lib/quickml/config.rb
+++ lib/quickml/config.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       @max_threads = (config[:max_threads] or 10) # number of working threads
       @timeout = (config[:timeout] or 120)
       @auto_unsubscribe_count = (config[:auto_unsubscribe_count] or 5)
+      @footer = config[:footer]
 
       @log_file = (config[:log_file] or "/var/log/quickml-log")
       verbose_mode = config[:verbose_mode]
--- lib/quickml/core.rb
+++ lib/quickml/core.rb
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
                                  @config.ml_alert_time)
       @auto_unsubscribe_count = (ml_config[:auto_unsubscribe_count] or 
                                  @config.auto_unsubscribe_count)
+      @footer                 = (ml_config[:footer] or
+                                 @config.footer)
       write_ml_config
     end
 
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@
     def generate_footer (member_list_p = false)
       footer = "\n--\n" + "ML: #{@address}\n" + 
 	_("Info: %s\n", @config.info_url)
+      footer << codeconv(@footer.rstrip + "\n") if @footer
       footer << unsubscribe_info if member_added?
       footer << "\n" + member_list if member_added? or member_list_p
       footer
@@ -415,6 +418,7 @@
 	f.printf("  :%s => %d,\n", :ml_alert_time,   @ml_alert_time)
 	f.printf("  :%s => %d,\n", :auto_unsubscribe_count, 
                  @auto_unsubscribe_count)
+	f.printf("  :%s => %s,\n", :footer,          @footer.dump) if @footer
 	f.puts "}"
       }
     end