diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 076c0ca..e6ead42 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ #+TITLE: Petidomo Mailing List Server -*- mode:org;fill-column:79; -*- #+STARTUP: showall -* Noteworthy changes in release 4.1 (2010-02-24) [stable] +* Noteworthy changes in release 4.1 (2010-02-25) [stable] Moved Petidomo source code to SourceForge and released all files under GPL version 3 or later. diff --git a/README b/README index 4b48629..be89a1e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,178 +1,41 @@ - _ ___ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ - |_|_ _ / _ \/ ___/ ___|| _ \ _ __ ___| |_(_) __| | ___ _ __ ___ ___ - _|_||_| | | | \___ \___ \| |_) || '_ \ / _ \ __| |/ _` |/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ - |_||_|_| | |_| |___) |__) | __/ | |_) | __/ |_| | (_| | (_) | | | | | | (_) | - |_|_|_| \___/|____/____/|_| | .__/ \___|\__|_|\__,_|\___/|_| |_| |_|\___/ - |_| - OSSP petidomo - mailing list manager - Version 4.0b6 (19-Mar-2004) + petidomo 4.x - ABSTRACT +Petidomo is a small but powerful package that can be used to host and maintain +mailing lists on an Unix machine. Its only requirement is that there is a +working mail transport agent installed, such as sendmail. It has -- among other +things -- the following features: - On December 12th, 2000, CyberSolutions GmbH published a version of - Petidomo 2.2 under the GNU General Public License. The OSSP project - enhanced that version significantly and hereby releases the result - of its efforts as »OSSP Petidomo 4.0«. OSSP Petidomo is a small but - powerful package that can be used to host and maintain mailing lists - on an Unix machine. Its only requirement is that there is a working - mail transport agent installed, such as sendmail. + * A simple-to-use e-mail command interface, which can be used by users and + administrators of a mailing list to subscribe or unsubscribe addresses, + approve postings that have been deferred or rejected, alist ll subscribed + addresses of a list, etc. - OSSP Petidomo has -- among other things -- the following features: + * Petidomo supports various modes of operation for a mailing list such as open + lists, closed lists, and moderated lists. - * A simple-to-use e-mail command interface, which can be used by users - and administrators of a mailing list to subscribe or unsubscribe - addresses, approve postings that have been deferred or rejected, - alist ll subscribed addresses of a list, etc. + * Mailing list subscriptions or postings can be verified by requiring an + acknowledgement. This feature is particularly useful when used for mailing + list postings as it will keep the vast majority of all spam mail off the + list. - * Petidomo supports various modes of operation for a mailing list such - as open lists, closed lists, and moderated lists. + * Petidomo can host an arbitrary number of mailing lists in entirely different + domain name spaces -- also known as "Virtual Hosting". - * Mailing list subscriptions or postings can be verified by requiring - an acknowledgement. This feature is particularly useful when used - for mailing list postings as it will keep the vast majority of all - spam mail off the list. + * A powerful "Access Control Language" (ACL) can be used to reject, approve, + drop, or redirect postings or subscription attempts. - * Petidomo can host an arbitrary number of mailing lists in entirely - different domain name spaces -- also known as »Virtual Hosting«. + * Mailing list postings can be piped through an external "Posting Filter", + which can modify the article before it's delivered in any way it sees fit. - * A powerful »Access Control Language« (ACL) can be used to reject, - approve, drop, or redirect postings or subscription attempts. + * Petidomo can be configured to add arbitrary headers to any mail that's posted + on a mailing list. - * Mailing list postings can be piped through an external »Posting - Filter«, which can modify the article before it's delivered in any - way it sees fit. + * Petidomo can be configured to add a signature to any mail that's posted on a + mailing list. - * Petidomo can be configured to add arbitrary headers to any mail - that's posted on a mailing list. +The whole package is written in ISO-C and should compile out-of-the-box on any +POSIX.1 compliant system that provides a mail transport agent. It has been +released under the GNU General Public License. - * Petidomo can be configured to add a signature to any mail that's - posted on a mailing list. - - The whole package is written in ISO-C and should compile - out-of-the-box on any POSIX.1 compliant system that provides a mail - transport agent. It has been released under the GNU General Public - License. - - COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE - - Copyright (c) 2004 The OSSP Project - - This file is part of OSSP petidomo, an application for managing - mailing lists which can found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for - any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that - the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all - copies. - - THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED - WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF - MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. - IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR - CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, - SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT - LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF - USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND - ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, - OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT - OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF - SUCH DAMAGE. - - HOME AND DOCUMENTATION - - The documentation and latest release can be found on - - o http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - o ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - - PETI's STATEMENT - - Petidomo Mailing List Manager - Version 4.0b6 (19-Mar-2004) - - -Greetings citizen, - -I know how tedious reading "manuals" is when you're eager to install -the new software, so I'll keep it as short as possible. Before -Petidomo can be installed, either from a binary or a source -distribution, you -must- do the following: - - 1) Create a user of the name "petidomo". - - The petidomo-user is needed by the software, but will usually not - be used to log into the system, so you should set the password - entry to "*" and the login shell to "/usr/bin/true" or - "/sbin/nologin" -- depending on what your system uses. - - - 2) Create a group of the name "petidomo". - - This group should contain all users of your system who are allowed - to administrate Petidomo or for other reasons need access to the - installation. The "petidomo" user should be a member of this - group, too, even though this is not strictly necessary. - - - 3) Create the home directory of the "petidomo" user. - - The home directory is the place where the package will live. A - good place is "/usr/local/petidomo", but you can place it - wherever it suits your installation. - - -Once the user, the group and the directory exist, you can use the -following mechanisms to do the actual installation. - -If you're upgrading from Petidomo 2.0 and have some mailing lists -installed already, you can safely use these mechanisms, too. In no -event will the installation procedure overwrite your config files or -change anything except for the actual binaries. - -The installation itself works as follows: - - Binary distribution: - - Become 'root' and start the "install.sh" script, which can be - found in the same directory as this file. install.sh will populate - the home directory of the petidomo user and insert the required - mail aliases into /etc/aliases. Then it will install the CGI - config manager and that's it: Petidomo is ready to run. - - - Source distribution: - - Obviously you need to compile the sources first of all. In order - to compile Petidomo, you will need the following tools: - - - a C compiler, preferably gcc or egcs - - - a version of make(1) that understands the "include" and - ".PHONY" statement (use GNU make if your native make doesn't) - - - flex, the GNU version of lex - - - bison, the GNU version of yacc, at least version 1.25. Older - version -might- work, but I had problems with them, because - they're lacking the YYERROR_VERBOSE mechanism. - - If you have all these tools, you can compile Petidomo with the - following commands: - - $ make - $ make install (must be done as root) - - -In case you experience any problems you're not able to fix, you're -welcome to file a problem report with the "send-pr" utility, included -in the distribution. You might also want to check out the -petidomo-users mailing list, to which you can subscribe by sending a -SUBSCRIBE command to the following address: - - petidomo-users-request@petidomo.com - -Okay, I hope you'll find the Petidomo Mailing List Manager useful, and -may the force be with you! - - - Peter Simons +For further information, please refer to the user documentation can be found at + or at doc/petidomo.html.