This is a beta of a new Mailing List server for the Amiga.
It is possible to run a proper mailing list with this version, and this would
be the final version (except for a couple of bugs) if i hadn't of thought
of loads more stuff to add.
Please email all bug reports to fosters@dvalley.demon.co.uk
Requirements
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You will need an Amiga connected to some kind of network allowing mail such
as the Internet. Some method of recieving mail is required, obviously, and
the program used for that MUST be able to make standard RFC822 compliant spool
files, otherwise you will need a program to convert the networks mail files
to RFC822 compliant spool files. For the internet, GetMail on aminet will work
for POP3 recieve, and SMTPd in INetUtils 1.4 (also on aminet) will work for
incomming SMTP mails (Demon users in the UK will need this to recieve mail
anyway).
Some kind of post program is required to send mail to the network, this also
must be RFC822 compliant and be able to handle To, From, Subject fields in
the temporary mailfile (they all can be specified on the command line also),
PutMail and SMTPpost (Aminet and INetUtils 1.4) will work fine for this.
A 24 hour connection is _NOT_ required, as long as some method of storing mail
on your mail server is available, such as a POP3 account or some kind of SMTP
store program running on the mail host (such as mailstore for Demon users).
Normally you wont need to worry about this, your mail host will take care of
that. Please note, web based mail systems that offer free email accounts are
usually unsuitable, as reading and writing is done on the web, and not via
a POP3 account, GeoCities is the only exception I can think of right now.
The ability to create email addresses is preferable, altho it is possible to
run all the mailing lists off one email address, this is both hard to setup and
annoying for the users.
Tip: If you can't create email addresses on your mail host, and you dont
already have an account with GeoCities, get an account there (its free) and
put your list's homepage on there, and use the free email account (POP3) for
your mailing list. If you already have a GeoCities account, and dont use your
GeoCities email address as your main one, then think about changing your
member name to something suitable for your list and run the list off that.
NOTE: U will probably need a program to strip the crap that GeoCities adds to
mail.
Demon users will not have a problem with this, as it is very easy to create
email addresses.
Hardware wise, any Amiga running Workbench 2.04+ should be able to handle
it. Memory useage depends on the amount of lists you have, the amount of users
in the current list being processed, and the size of the spool file. The
program itself hardly takes any memory up at all.
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