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Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System
-Copyright (C) 1998-2003 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1998-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
INTRODUCTION
@@ -97,37 +97,34 @@
REQUIREMENTS
- The default mail delivery mechanism uses a direct SMTP connection
- to whatever mail transport agent you have running on port 25. You
- can thus use Mailman with any such MTA, however with certain MTAs
- (e.g. Exim and Postfix), Mailman will support thru-the-web
- creation and removal of mailing lists.
+ The default mail delivery mechanism uses a direct SMTP connection to
+ whatever mail transport agent you have running on port 25. You can thus
+ use Mailman with any such MTA, however with certain MTAs (e.g. Exim and
+ Postfix), Mailman will support thru-the-web creation and removal of
+ mailing lists.
- Mailman works with any web server that supports CGI/1.1. The HTML
- it generates is quite pedestrian and stingy on the graphics so it
- should be friendly to most web browsers and network connections.
- It is regularly tested with IE 5.5, Netscape 4.7x, and Mozilla on
- Windows and Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla on Linux (and occasionally
- Lynx on Linux and Netscape and Mozilla on MacOS too!).
+ Mailman works with any web server that supports CGI/1.1. The HTML it
+ generates is quite pedestrian and stingy on the graphics so it should be
+ friendly to most web browsers and network connections.
- You will need root access on the machine hosting your Mailman
- installation in order to complete some of the configuration
- steps. See the INSTALL file for details.
+ You will need root access on the machine hosting your Mailman installation
+ in order to complete some of the configuration steps. See the INSTALL
+ file for details.
- Mailman's web and email user interface should be compatible with
- just about any mail reader or web browser, although a mail reader
- that is MIME aware will be a big help. You do not need Java,
- JavaScript, or any other fancy plugins.
+ Mailman's web and email user interface should be compatible with just
+ about any mail reader or web browser, although a mail reader that is MIME
+ aware will be a big help. You do not need Java, JavaScript, or any other
+ fancy plugins.
CREATE YOUR FIRST LIST
- These instructions assume that you've installed and configured
- Mailman according to the instructions in the INSTALL file. To
- create and test your first list, try the following:
+ These instructions assume that you've installed and configured Mailman
+ according to the instructions in the INSTALL file. To create and test
+ your first list, try the following:
- - First, initialize the site administrator's password by cd'ing to
- the install directory (by default /usr/local/mailman) and typing
+ - First, initialize the site administrator's password by cd'ing to the
+ install directory (by default /usr/local/mailman) and typing
% bin/mmsitepass
New site password: [yourpassword]
@@ -138,27 +135,23 @@
http://my.dom.ain/mailman/create
- Fill out the form as described in the on-screen instructions, and
- in the "List creator's password" field, type the password you
- entered above. Type your own email address for the "Initial
- list owner address", and select "Yes" to notify the list
- administrator.
+ Fill out the form as described in the on-screen instructions, and in the
+ "List creator's password" field, type the password you entered above.
+ Type your own email address for the "Initial list owner address", and
+ select "Yes" to notify the list administrator.
- Hit "Create List"
- - Check your email for a message from Mailman informing you that
- your new mailing list was created.
+ - Check your email for a message from Mailman informing you that your new
+ mailing list was created.
- - NOTE: If you are using an MTA other than Exim or Postfix
- (e.g. Sendmail or qmail), then you'll need to do the extra step
- of installing the mailing list aliases manually. Follow the
- instructions in an email message that you should have received
- (you'll need to know how to do this for your particular MTA, see
- the README for your MTA for more information).
+ - NOTE: You should consult the README for the specific MTA you are using.
+ Most can be set up to provide through-the-web creation of mailing lists,
+ but each configuration is different.
- - Now visit the list's admin page (either by following the link on
- the web page or entering the link from the email Mailman just
- sent you). Typically the url will be something like
+ - Now visit the list's admin page (either by following the link on the web
+ page or entering the link from the email Mailman just sent you).
+ Typically the url will be something like
http://my.dom.ain/mailman/admin/mysitelist
@@ -166,16 +159,16 @@
- Click on "Membership Management" and then on "Mass Subscription".
- - Enter your email address in the big text field, and click on
- "Submit Your Changes"
+ - Enter your email address in the big text field, and click on "Submit
+ Your Changes"
- - Now go to your email and send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Within a minute or two you should see your message reflected
- back to you via Mailman.
+ - Now go to your email and send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Within
+ a minute or two you should see your message reflected back to you via
+ Mailman.
- Congratulations! You've just set up and tested your first Mailman
- mailing list. If you had any problems along the way, please see
- the section below on FOR MORE INFORMATION.
+ Congratulations! You've just set up and tested your first Mailman mailing
+ list. If you had any problems along the way, please see the section below
+ on FOR MORE INFORMATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
@@ -195,43 +188,47 @@
to help you get going with Mailman.
Mailman-Users
- An list for users of Mailman, for posting questions or
- problems related to installation, use, etc. We'll try to keep
- the deep technical discussions off this list.
+ An list for users of Mailman, for posting questions or problems
+ related to installation, use, etc. We'll try to keep the deep
+ technical discussions off this list.
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
Listowners
This mailing list with a non-technical focus, specifically for
- discussions from the perspective of listowners and moderators
- who do not have "shell access" to the mailing list server
- where the Mailman software runs.
+ discussions from the perspective of listowners and moderators who do
+ not have "shell access" to the mailing list server where the Mailman
+ software runs.
http://listowner.org
Mailman-Announce
- A read-only list for release announcements an other important
- news.
+ A read-only list for release announcements an other important news.
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-announce
Mailman-Developers
- A list for those of you interested in helping develop
- Mailman's future direction. This list will contain in-depth
- technical discussions.
+ A list for those of you interested in helping develop Mailman 2's
+ future direction. This list will contain in-depth technical
+ discussions.
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
+ Mailman3-Dev
+ Get involved now in the development of Mailman 3!
+
+ http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman3-dev
+
Mailman-I18N
A list for the discussion of the Mailman internationalization
- effort. Mailman 2.1 will be fully multi-lingual.
+ effort. Mailman 2.1 is fully multi-lingual.
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-i18n
Mailman-Checkins
- A read-only list which is an adjunct to the public anonymous
- CVS repository. You can stay on the bleeding edge of Mailman
- development by subscribing to this list.
+ A read-only list which is an adjunct to the public anonymous CVS
+ repository. You can stay on the bleeding edge of Mailman development
+ by subscribing to this list.
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-checkins
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