On 11/20/01 06:36 PM, Terje Elde sat at the `puter and typed: > Hi, > > I'm setting up a IMAP server, doing my installation of the 2.x series where > I'll be tracking mailing lists. > > With the 1.6 series all I had to do was to call deliver such that it would > deliver a message to the correct folder. With the 2.x series there are > advantages to using lmtp for deliveries instead, avoiding the extra fork of > the deliver process. So I'm wondering if there's any RightWay (tm) way to > deliver mailing list messages to a shared folder? > > > I could always subscribe a user to the mailing list, then allow access from > the others to his folders, but that'll show up as user.mailinglist in the > folderviews of the other users, what I want is for the mailing list folder to > be named archive.mailinglist. > > Anyone with strong views on the issue? > > Thanks, > Terje Elde
I don't know exactly what you mean by 'tracking' mailing lists, but it sounds like you are setting up more of a mailing list bulletin board. I subscribe to about 9 different lists myself, and I simply create a folder for each (as well as a folder for each account I suck down from other servers (work, pop servers, etc.). For each list, I subscribe as leblanc+<foldername>@keyslapper.org, and when the mail comes, sendmail calls procmail for filtering, which then calls deliver to drop it in the appropriate folder. Of course, if you're not using procmail, you can simply have sendmail call deliver the same way. Quite easy, really. So, I don't have to worry about creating a different account for each list then worrying about client configuration or folder permissions. Of course, my client makes it very easy to be whoever I want based on the folder I am sending mail from, but your users may not want to or be able to use it (mutt on *nix). If a list is open, setting up a bulletin board may be what you want, but for closed lists, your users won't be able to post unless they subscribe themselves. In which case, why bother with the board? I don't know if any of this helps, but I thought it might get your creative juices flowing if you had some ideas. HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ QOTD: "I'm on a seafood diet -- I see food and I eat it."
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