-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 27 November 2002 21:21, John Rudd wrote: > The web page seems a little bit lacking for something that's supposed > to draw me in to using it.
Hi, Yes, you are rigth the web is still quite incomplete. I have put it online only a few days ago and needs lot of improvements, this is one of my priority tasks now. I'm preparing a platform in which I'll offer free email accounts under the unlimitedmail.org domain. In this platform you will have a web control panel for the register and for manage all your email accounts information (add accounts, delete accounts, modify passwords, forward, mailing lists, moderated mailing lists, private mailing lists, vacation/autoresponder, antispam, etc.). I'll give to the registered users access to the status statistics (cpu, disk I/O, network traffic, email statistics, etc.) for se the platform performance. If you want, I will send you an email when the platform is ready. > 1) the FAQ is rather skimpy, and neither it nor the Documentation pages > give me any indication what platforms this software requires (which is > usually an indication that it's for MS Windows ... but you do mention > Sparc equipment in there, so maybe there's hope for unix support). The platform runs under Linux. My experience shows me that MS Windows is not enougth stable to support this kind of high availability/high scalability email platform. I'll add this issue to the FAQ section. > 2) the Documentation seems more like a technology white paper than actual > product documentation that I'd use for installing, setting up, and > configuring the software. It's also rather odd that you'd label and > describe the function, as though they're part of your product, of the > pieces that aren't at all part of the product (such as the pieces that > you then say "use sendmail" or "use mailscanner", etc.). I understand > the architecture of email systems ... that wont get me to use your product. > What might get me to use your product is if you actuall describe the > actual function, capabilities, and configuration options of your product. Thanks for the commentary. I need opinions like this to make the web sit better. The objective of the Unlimited Mail web site is that people knows what it is and what is able to do. One of the to do tasks is the Installation/Configuration document. Basically all the instalation/configuration is done using the Management Console. > 3) you only barely mention supporting POP3. What other things do you > support? KPOP? NO SASL? YES APOP? YES SPOP? YES POP3 w/STLS? YES IMAP4? ToDO IMAPS? ToDO > 4) do I _have_ to use your seperate password file for authentication? > What about PAM modules? What about KPOP? What about external > authentication via SASL? Yes, you must use the separate password file for authentication. But how I say in the overview section, this is not a closed product, if you require some not implemented feature, I can implement it for you. > 5) is there a CLI interface for adding/deleting/etc accounts? or does it > all have to be done via the "provisioning" interface? And is that > interactive only? Yes, there is a CLI command for access the provisioning interface. There is also a web interface for access it. The web control panel of the production platform I'm preparing comunicates with the provisioning system to carry out its tasks. The Management Consolo will be able to communicate with the provisioning system too. > 6) can users create their own mailing lists, or does it have to be done by > an administrator? > 7) when users add themselves to a mailing list, what sorts of > authentication happens? mail-back confirmation? username+password at a > web page? Yes, with the users web control panel. > 9) Why on earth is your curriculum vitae in the product documentation? My curriculum vitae is in the Documents section. And a curriculum vitae is a document, isn't it ? ;-) Greetings. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPeXdKzvYAf7VZNaaEQLRgACglX7t78fwS+fnLha7n5Z5aU2hu2UAoLVC IwNwy4H1tNuOxEAXSkMT7Tma =NfGK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
