Import ezmlm-idx 0.40

[ezmlm] / README.idx

$Id: README.idx,v 1.70 1999/12/24 04:20:45 lindberg Exp $
$Name: ezmlm-idx-040 $

(c) 1997, 1998, 1999 Fred Lindberg, lindberg@id.wustl.edu (code+docs+faq)
                     Fred B. Ringel, fredr@rivertown.net (faq)

This software is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence as
published by the Free Software Foundation.  See the file LICENCE.TXT for
the conditions under which this software is made available.

Like any other piece of software (and information generally), ezmlm-idx
comes with NO WARRANTY.

This is an addition and patch to ezmlm-0.53 [(c) Dan J. Bernstein].
Ezmlm-idx uses Dan's libraries and heavily relies on ezmlm-0.53 code.
ezmlm-idx does not function without ezmlm-0.53.

ezmlm-0.53 provides basic message distribution, subscriber address handling,
message archiving (single quoted message retrieval only), and bounce
handling. ezmlm-idx adds multi-message threaded archive retrieval, digests,
remote administration, message and subscription moderation, subscriber-only
restrictions, message trailer, subject prefix, subscriber name storage,
customizable setup, multi-language and MIME support and more. In addition,
improved bounce handling, case-insensitive subscriber address storage,
and support for distributed lists (main + sublist transparent to the
subscriber). Ezmlm-idx can now be compiled with MySQL or Postgres support.

See INSTALL.idx for installation instructions.
See UPGRADE.idx to upgrade from a previous version of ezmlm-idx.
See CHANGES.idx to see what's new in this version.
See FILES.idx for a list of files in this package.
See FAQ.idx for more info on ezmlm(-idx) functions and setup (see below on
	    how to get the latest version).
See ezman-0.xx* for a user's/administrator's manual to ezmlm/idx. Available
	    on line at http://www.ezmlm.org/ and for download at
	    ftp://ftp.ezmlm.org/pub/patches/ezman/ and mirrors.

NOTE: Some ezmlmrc translations may not be up-to-date. ezmlm-make will
complain and the results may not match the documentation. Changes required
are small. If you correct a translation, please submit it for inclusion
in the next ezmlm-idx version.

*.rpm will put ezmlm-cgi in the bin directory. To use it, you must manually
move it to a cgi-bin directory, set ownership and SUID (if needed), and
set up /ezmlm/ezcgirc.

See http://pobox.com/~djb/ezmlm.html for the latest information about
ezmlm.

See ftp://ftp.id.wustl.edu/pub/patches for the latest version of ezmlm-idx and
downloadable versions of the FAQ.

See http://www.ezmlm.org/ for ezmlm FAQ and docs on line.

Mail ``ezmlm-subscribe@list.cr.yp.to'' to join the ezmlm mailing
list (averages 3 messages per day). This list is run by Dan J. Bernstein
using ezmlm-0.53.

Send general comments and questions to:
lindberg@id.wustl.edu or fredr@rivertown.net.

Send bug reports and patches to:
lindberg@id.wustl.edu.

Below, acknowledgements and a list of systems where ezmlm-idx has been reported
to work.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Fred B. Ringel, first and foremost, for a great collaboration, ideas, testing,
  docs clarification. This makes it so much more fun.
- Dan J. Bernstein for qmail, ezmlm, and great libraries.
- Toshinori Maeno (TM; tmaeno@hpcl.titech.ac.jp) for finding an ezmlm-idx-0.20
  bug, and MIME suggestions, suggestions about hopcount and received headers,
  return-path header in archive, sublist loop detection, ezmlm-limit suggestion,
  many other suggestions and explanations, help to get ezmlm-cgi Japanese
  support to work, as well as pre-release testing.
- Frank Tegtmeyer for inciting digests and format info/suggestions, and for
  ezmlmrc.de.