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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md b/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md
index 0f5dda547..69844d2e1 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL-exim4.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ In `/etc/exim4/conf.d/main/04_alaveteli_options`:
ALAVETELI_HOME=/path/to/alaveteli/software
ALAVETELI_USER=www-data
+ log_file_path=/var/log/exim4/exim-%slog-%D
+
+(The user ALAVETELI_USER should have write permissions on ALAVETELI_HOME).
+
+Note that the name and location of the log files created by Exim must match
+what the script `load-exim-logs` expects, hence the need for the extra
+`log_file_path` setting.
In `/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/04_alaveteli`:
@@ -68,3 +75,7 @@ see something like:
R: alaveteli pipe for snafflerequest-234@localhost
snafflerequest-234@localhost -> |/home/alaveteli/alaveteli/script/mailin
transport = alaveteli_mailin_transport
+
+There is a great
+[Exim Cheatsheet](http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/exim_cheatsheet.php)
+online that you may find useful.
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index f6317057e..656b96467 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -237,7 +237,12 @@ It is not recommended to run the website using the default Rails web
server. There are various recommendations here:
http://rubyonrails.org/deploy
-We usually use Passenger / mod_rails.
+We usually use Passenger / mod_rails. The file at `conf/httpd.conf`
+contains the WhatDoTheyKnow settings. At a minimum, you should
+include the following in an Apache configuration file:
+
+ PassengerResolveSymlinksInDocumentRoot on
+ PassengerMaxPoolSize 6 # Recommend setting this to 3 or less on servers with 512MB RAM
Under all but light loads, it is strongly recommended to run the
server behind an http accelerator like Varnish. A sample varnish VCL