On Tue, Jan 08, 2019 at 09:45:16PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > I am looking to set up a mailing list manager on a NetBSD server. > > The member count is more or less fixed between 300 to 350 and isn't going > to grow beyond. > > The email archive should be browsable and searchable through a web > interface. ("searchable" is less critical of the two requirements as even > google search can be used to search through the archive.) > > I need the email storage to be in text format so as to be able to write > tools of my own, on the server, to analyze the emails (say to grep > patterns or even to do NLP).
After going through the nuances of some available solutions, I wonder: - Do I really need a specialized mail manager software or can I just use .forward (or procmail) to bounce the mails to registered members? - I do not need automated subscribe / unsubscribe, this being for a closed group of size not exceeding 300/350. Manual registration, with very occasional changes is fine. - I need "member-only" restriction for posting to the list email id, which I think procmail can manage. - I do need a web archiver with thread view etc. (and ability to write text pattern searches of my own on the mail texts), for which there might be alternatives that do just that - archiving. (E.g. HyperKitty which mailman uses, which can be used standalone also.) Would appreciate views on whether I am missing something, if I do not use a proper mailing list software for above requirement. Mayuresh