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+Installation
+------------
+
+1. Download and extract this and privatemsg module into your modules
+   directory.
+2. Download the Growl plugin from http://www.stanlemon.net/projects/jgrowl.html
+   and extract it inside of the pmgrowl module directory.
+3. Make sure that the jquery.jgrowl.css, and the jquery.jgrowl_minimized.js
+   files are both directly inside of the pmgrowl/jgrowl directory.
+4. Enable the module.
+5. Settings can be found at admin/config/messaging/privatemsg