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@@ -4,78 +4,75 @@ Copyright (C) 1998-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. INTRODUCTION - This is GNU Mailman, a mailing list management system distributed - under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The name - of this software is spelled "Mailman" with a leading capital `M' - but with a lower case second `m'. Any other spelling is - incorrect. - - Mailman is written primarily in Python, a free object-oriented - scripting language. There is some ANSI C code for security - purposes. - - Mailman was originally developed by John Viega. Subsequent - development (through version 1.0b3) was by Ken Manheimer. Further - work towards the 1.0 final release was a group effort, with the - core contributors being: Barry Warsaw, Ken Manheimer, Scott - Cotton, Harald Meland, and John Viega. Version 1.0 and beyond - have been primarily maintained by Barry Warsaw with contributions - from many; see the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file for details. Jeremy + This is GNU Mailman, a mailing list management system distributed under + the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The name of this + software is spelled "Mailman" with a leading capital `M' but with a lower + case second `m'. Any other spelling is incorrect. + + Mailman is written primarily in Python, a free object-oriented scripting + language. There is some ANSI C code for security purposes. + + Mailman was originally developed by John Viega. Subsequent development + (through version 1.0b3) was by Ken Manheimer. Further work towards the + 1.0 final release was a group effort, with the core contributors being: + Barry Warsaw, Ken Manheimer, Scott Cotton, Harald Meland, and John Viega. + Version 1.0 and beyond have been primarily maintained by Barry Warsaw with + contributions from many; see the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file for details. Jeremy Hylton helped considerably with the Pipermail code in Mailman 2.0. - The Mailman home page is + The Mailman home page is: http://www.list.org - with mirrors at + with mirrors at: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman http://mailman.sf.net - Mailman 2.1 requires Python 2.1.3 or greater, which can be - downloaded from + Mailman 2.1 requires Python 2.1.3 or greater, which can be downloaded from: http://www.python.org - It is recommended that you use Python 2.3.3, the latest release as - of this writing (31-Dec-2003). Mailman will work with Python - 2.2.3 as well, which is the latest release on the Python 2.2 branch. - Mailman 2.1 is not compatible with Python 2.0 or any earlier - version. + It is recommended that you use Python 2.3.3, the latest release as of this + writing (31-Dec-2003). Update: 15-May-2004, the Python 2.3.4 release is + imminent, see: - You will also need an ANSI C compiler to build both Python and - Mailman; gcc (the GNU C compiler) works just fine. Mailman - currently works only on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating - systems (e.g. Solaris, *BSD, MacOSX, etc.). It does not run on - Windows, although web and mail clients on any platform should be - able to interact with Mailman just fine. + http://www.python.org/2.3.4 - See the INSTALL file for installation instructions. If you are - upgrading from a previous version of Mailman, you need to read the - UPGRADING file for important information. + Mailman will work with Python 2.2.3 as well, which is the latest release + on the Python 2.2 branch. Mailman 2.1 is not compatible with Python 2.0 + or any earlier version. + + You will also need an ANSI C compiler to build both Python and Mailman; + gcc (the GNU C compiler) works just fine. Mailman currently works only on + GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems (e.g. Solaris, *BSD, + MacOSX, etc.). It does not run on Windows, although web and mail clients + on any platform should be able to interact with Mailman just fine. + + See the INSTALL file for installation instructions. If you are upgrading + from a previous version of Mailman, you need to read the UPGRADING file + for important information. FEATURES - Read the NEWS file for a list of changes since version 0.9. Read - the TODO file for our (extensive) wish list. You can see Mailman - 2.1 in action at + Read the NEWS file for a list of changes since version 0.9. Read the TODO + file for our (extensive) wish list. You can see Mailman 2.1 in action at: http://mail.python.org/mailman-21/listinfo - Mailman has most of the standard features you'd expect in a - mailing list manager, and more: + Mailman has most of the standard features you'd expect in a mailing list + manager, and more: - Web based list administration for nearly all tasks. Web based - subscriptions and user configuration management. A customizable - "home page" for each mailing list. + subscriptions and user configuration management. A customizable "home + page" for each mailing list. - - Privacy features such as moderation, open and closed list - subscription policies, private membership rosters, and - sender-based filters. + - Privacy features such as moderation, open and closed list subscription + policies, private membership rosters, and sender-based filters. - - Automatic web based archiving built-in with support for private - and public archives, and hooks for external archivers. + - Automatic web based archiving built-in with support for private and + public archives, and hooks for external archivers. - Per-user configuration optional digest delivery for either MIME-compliant or RFC 1153 style "plain text" digests. @@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ CREATE YOUR FIRST LIST Again to confirm password: [yourpassword] Password changed. - - Visit the url + - Visit the url: http://my.dom.ain/mailman/create |