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| -rw-r--r-- | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | BUGS | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 35 |
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diff --git a/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS b/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS index 80da3ca30..487d313af 100644 --- a/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS +++ b/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA -The following folks are the primary maintainers of Mailman (in reverse -alphabetical order): +The following folks are or have been the primary maintainers of Mailman: Barry Warsaw, Mailman's yappy guard dog + Thomas Wouters, Mailman's Dutch treat John Viega, Mailman's inventor Harald Meland, Norse Mailman Ken Manheimer, Mailman's savior @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ code, and have assigned copyright for this code to the FSF: Juan Carlos Rey Anaya Victoriano Giralt Mads Kiilerich - Thomas Wouters Thanks also to Dragon for his winning Mailman logo contribution! @@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ in answering questions on mailman-users. Gerald Oskoboiny Sean Reifschneider Bernhard Reiter + Guido van Rossum Chris Snell Greg Stein Vizi Szilard @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA -The Mailman project is being successfully managed on SourceForge at +The Mailman project is being managed on SourceForge at - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mailman + http://sf.net/projects/mailman You should submit bugs to the SourceForge bug manager at - http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=103 + http://sf.net/bugs/?group_id=103 If you're able, please also submit a patch to the SourceForge patch manager, taking care to reference your bug report (which should be submitted first). The patch manager is at - http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=103 + http://sf.net/patch/?group_id=103 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ INTRODUCTION http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman - which is mirrored at + with mirrors at http://www.list.org http://mailman.sf.net @@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ INTRODUCTION Note that in order to comply with the GPL, it is recommended that you use Python 2.0.1. Python 2.1.1 and Python 2.2 will also be GPL-compatible, but they have not yet been released as of this - writing (09-Jul-2001). + writing (09-Jul-2001). Mailman will work with any Python 2.x + version. You will also need an ANSI C compiler; 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, etc.). + other Unix-like operating systems (e.g. Solaris, *BSD, 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 @@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ 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 MTA + 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. You can also configure Mailman to submit messages to your MTA via command line @@ -103,15 +106,19 @@ REQUIREMENTS 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. It is regularly tested - with IE 5.5, Netscape 4.7x, and Mozilla 0.9.x on Windows and - Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla 0.9.x on Linux (and occasionally Lynx on - Linux too!). + should be friendly to most web browsers and network connections. + It is regularly tested with IE 5.5, Netscape 4.7x, and Mozilla + 0.9.x on Windows and Netscape 4.7x and Mozilla 0.9.x on Linux (and + occasionally Lynx on Linux and Netscape on MacOS too!). 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. You do not need Java, + JavaScript, or any other fancy plugins. + CREATE YOUR FIRST LIST @@ -123,8 +130,8 @@ CREATE YOUR FIRST LIST the install directory (by default /home/mailman) and typing % bin/mmsitepass - New site password: [hidden] - Again to confirm password: [hidden] + New site password: [yourpassword] + Again to confirm password: [yourpassword] Password changed. - Visit the url @@ -203,9 +210,8 @@ FOR MORE INFORMATION Mailman-I18N An open list for the discussion of the Mailman - internationalization effort. Multi-lingual patches are - available and will be integrated into the standard - distribution after the 2.0 release. + internationalization effort. Mailman 2.1 will be fully + multi-lingual. Mailman-Checkins A read-only list which is an adjunct to the public anonymous @@ -214,10 +220,11 @@ FOR MORE INFORMATION The Mailman project is coordinated on SourceForge at - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mailman + http://sf.net/projects/mailman You should use SourceForge to report bugs and to upload patches. + Local Variables: mode: indented-text |