diff --git a/app/views/messages/new.haml b/app/views/messages/new.haml
index 26400a0e..fc15aec9 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/new.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/new.haml
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@
 
   %p
     %fieldset
-      = f.check_box :sent_to_all, :onchange => "Element.toggle('recipients')"
-      gesamte Foodcoop
+      - if APP_CONFIG[:mailing_list].blank?
+        = f.check_box :sent_to_all, :onchange => "Element.toggle('recipients')"
+        gesamte Foodcoop
+      - else
+        %b Nachrichten an alle
+        verschickst Du bitte über den Verteiler:
+        = mail_to APP_CONFIG[:mailing_list]
+        %br/
+        %small{:style => "color:grey"}
+          Eventuell musst Du Dich dem Verteiler erst bekannt machen.
+          %br/
+          z.b. mit einer Mail an
+          = mail_to APP_CONFIG[:mailing_list_subscribe]
       %table#recipients
         %tr
           %td
diff --git a/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE b/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE
index ca5663c5..02941b9b 100644
--- a/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE
+++ b/config/app_config.yml.SAMPLE
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ development: &defaults
   price_markup: 2.0
   # email address to be used as sender
   email_sender: foodsoft@myfoodcoop.org
-
-# Config for the exception_notification plugin
+  # If your foodcoop uses a mailing list instead of internal messaging system
+  #mailing_list: list@myfoodcoop.org
+  #mailing_list_subscribe: list-subscribe@myfoodcoop.org
+  # Config for the exception_notification plugin
   notification:
     error_recipients:
       - admin@myfoodcoop.org
     sender_address: "\"FoodSoft Error\" <foodsoft@myfoodcoop.org>"
     email_prefix: "[FoodSoft]"
-
   # Access to sharedLists, the external article-database
   shared_lists:
     adapter: mysql
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ development: &defaults
     password:
     encoding: utf8
     socket: /opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock
-
   # auto-units-conversion
   # this is used for automatic article-synchronization to handle different units
   # e.g. when foodcoop-unit should be 500g and supplier-unit is 1kg