Index: mailing_list.admin.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/mailing_list/mailing_list.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.3.4.3
diff -u -p -r1.3.4.3 mailing_list.admin.inc
--- mailing_list.admin.inc	9 Jun 2010 09:58:58 -0000	1.3.4.3
+++ mailing_list.admin.inc	13 Jul 2010 20:32:49 -0000
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ function mailing_list_admin_settings(&$f
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Subscription message'),
     '#description' => t('The message users see when they subscribe.  You can use %mail and %name as tokens.'),
-    '#default_value' => MAILING_LIST_MESSAGE_SUBSCRIPTION,
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('mailing_list_subscription_message', MAILING_LIST_MESSAGE_SUBSCRIPTION),
   );
 
   return system_settings_form($form, TRUE);