diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index fa1e688..034c93c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,24 @@ mailman_postorious_db_user: mailmansuite_u
 mailman_postorious_db_host: 'localhost'
 mailman_postorious_db_port: ''
 mailman_use_hyperkitty_archiver: True
-# /opt/mailman/mailman-suite/mailman-suite_project/manage.py runjobs quarter_hourly
-mailman_postorious_cronjob_frequency: 'quarter_hourly'
+# 
+# @hourly  apache  django-admin runjobs hourly  --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+# @daily   apache  django-admin runjobs daily   --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+# @weekly  apache  django-admin runjobs weekly  --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+# @monthly apache  django-admin runjobs monthly --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+# @yearly  apache  django-admin runjobs yearly  --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+# * * * * *  apache  django-admin runjobs minutely  --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+# 2,17,32,47 * * * * apache  django-admin runjobs quarter_hourly --pythonpath /path/to/project --settings settings
+mailman_postorious_cronjob_frequency:
+  - 'yearly'
+  - 'monthly'
+  - 'weekly'
+  - 'daily'
+  - 'hourly'
+
+mailman_postorious_cronjob_special_times:
+  - 'quarter_hourly'
+  - 'minutely'
+
 
 
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index bf92ec0..d692d43 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
         - 'falcon-bench'
         - 'mako-render'
         - 'alembic'
-        - 'mailman'
 
     - name: Create the tmpfile entry for the mailman lock directory
       template: src=tmpfile_mailman.conf.j2 dest=/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mailman.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
 
     - name: Setup postorius and hyperkitty
       become_user: '{{ mailman_user }}'
-      shell: cd '{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}' && {{ mailman_home }}/{{ mailman_virtualenv_name }}/bin/python3 manage.py migrate && {{ mailman_home }}/{{ mailman_virtualenv_name }}/bin/python3 manage.py collectstatic
+      shell: cd '{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}' && mkdir -p locale  && {{ mailman_home }}/{{ mailman_virtualenv_name }}/bin/python3 manage.py migrate && {{ mailman_home }}/{{ mailman_virtualenv_name }}/bin/python3 manage.py compilemessages && {{ mailman_home }}/{{ mailman_virtualenv_name }}/bin/python3 manage.py collectstatic
       args:
         creates: '{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}/static/admin/js/actions.js'
 
@@ -144,15 +143,42 @@
       when: mailman_use_hyperkitty_archiver | bool
       register: mailman_hyperkitty_install
 
-    - name: add a cron job that syncs the mailman core and postorious settings
+  tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorious', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_conf' ]
+
+- name: Setup the postorius cron jobs
+  block:
+    - name: add a cron job that syncs the mailman core and postorius settings
       cron:
-          job: "{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}/manage.py runjobs {{ mailman_postorious_cronjob_frequency }} > {{ mailman_postorious_log_dir }}/runjobs.log 2>&1"
-          special_time: hourly
+          job: "{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}/manage.py runjobs {{ item }} > {{ mailman_postorious_log_dir }}/runjobs-{{ item }}.log 2>&1"
+          special_time: '{{ item }}'
           user: '{{ mailman_user }}'
-          name: "postorious / hyperkitty runjobs"
+          name: "postorious / hyperkitty runjobs {{ item }}"
+          cron_file: 'postorius-runjobs-{{ item }}'
+          state: present
+          disabled: no
+      with_items: '{{ mailman_postorious_cronjob_frequency }}'
+
+    - name: postorius cron job that runs every 15 minutes
+      cron:
+          job: "{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}/manage.py runjobs quarter_hourly > {{ mailman_postorious_log_dir }}/runjobs-quarter_hourly.log 2>&1"
+          minute: "3,18,33,48"
+          user: '{{ mailman_user }}'
+          name: "postorious / hyperkitty runjobs quarter_hourly"
+          cron_file: 'postorius-runjobs-quarter_hourly'
+          disabled: no
           state: present
 
-  tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorious', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_conf' ]
+    - name: postorius cron job that runs every minute
+      cron:
+          job: "{{ mailman_postorious_dir }}/manage.py runjobs minutely > {{ mailman_postorious_log_dir }}/runjobs-minutely.log 2>&1"
+          minute: "*"
+          user: '{{ mailman_user }}'
+          name: "postorious / hyperkitty runjobs minutely"
+          cron_file: 'postorius-runjobs-minutely'
+          state: present
+          disabled: no
+
+  tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorious', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_conf', 'postorius_cron' ]
 
 - name: Manage the mailman service
   block: