diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9953ea5..74e0d3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # mailinglists specific
 archives/
-setenv
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/setenv b/setenv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d937a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setenv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# using miniconda mailinglists venv
+source activate mailinglists
\ No newline at end of file