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* Noteworthy changes in release 4.1 (2010-02-24) [stable] * Noteworthy changes in release 4.1 (2010-02-25) [stable]
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OSSP petidomo - mailing list manager
Version 4.0b6 (19-Mar-2004)
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 * A simple-to-use e-mail command interface, which can be used by users and
Petidomo 2.2 under the GNU General Public License. The OSSP project administrators of a mailing list to subscribe or unsubscribe addresses,
enhanced that version significantly and hereby releases the result approve postings that have been deferred or rejected, alist ll subscribed
of its efforts as »OSSP Petidomo 4.0«. OSSP Petidomo is a small but addresses of a list, etc.
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.
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 * Mailing list subscriptions or postings can be verified by requiring an
and administrators of a mailing list to subscribe or unsubscribe acknowledgement. This feature is particularly useful when used for mailing
addresses, approve postings that have been deferred or rejected, list postings as it will keep the vast majority of all spam mail off the
alist ll subscribed addresses of a list, etc. list.
* Petidomo supports various modes of operation for a mailing list such * Petidomo can host an arbitrary number of mailing lists in entirely different
as open lists, closed lists, and moderated lists. domain name spaces -- also known as "Virtual Hosting".
* Mailing list subscriptions or postings can be verified by requiring * A powerful "Access Control Language" (ACL) can be used to reject, approve,
an acknowledgement. This feature is particularly useful when used drop, or redirect postings or subscription attempts.
for mailing list postings as it will keep the vast majority of all
spam mail off the list.
* Petidomo can host an arbitrary number of mailing lists in entirely * Mailing list postings can be piped through an external "Posting Filter",
different domain name spaces -- also known as »Virtual Hosting«. 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, * Petidomo can be configured to add arbitrary headers to any mail that's posted
approve, drop, or redirect postings or subscription attempts. on a mailing list.
* Mailing list postings can be piped through an external »Posting * Petidomo can be configured to add a signature to any mail that's posted on a
Filter«, which can modify the article before it's delivered in any mailing list.
way it sees fit.
* Petidomo can be configured to add arbitrary headers to any mail The whole package is written in ISO-C and should compile out-of-the-box on any
that's posted on a mailing list. 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 For further information, please refer to the user documentation can be found at
posted on a mailing list. <http://petidomo.sourceforge.net> or at doc/petidomo.html.
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 <http://www.ossp.org/>
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 <simons@cryp.to>