Re: Mailing list manager on NetBSD

[edgar%pettijohn-web.com@localhost]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 08:51:38AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2019 at 09:45:16PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> > I am looking to set up a mailing list manager on a NetBSD server.
> > 
> > The member count is more or less fixed between 300 to 350 and isn't going
> > to grow beyond.
> > 
> > The email archive should be browsable and searchable through a web
> > interface. ("searchable" is less critical of the two requirements as even
> > google search can be used to search through the archive.)
> > 
> > I need the email storage to be in text format so as to be able to write
> > tools of my own, on the server, to analyze the emails (say to grep
> > patterns or even to do NLP).
> 
> After going through the nuances of some available solutions, I wonder:
> 
> - Do I really need a specialized mail manager software or can I just use
>   .forward (or procmail) to bounce the mails to registered members?

man aliases

list-name:include:/path/to/file/with/aliases

look into allow_mail_to_commands and allow_mail_to_files for postfix
so that you can also pipe it to a script that saves it in some db.
> 
> - I do not need automated subscribe / unsubscribe, this being for a closed
>   group of size not exceeding 300/350. Manual registration, with very
>   occasional changes is fine.
> 
> - I need "member-only" restriction for posting to the list email id, which
>   I think procmail can manage.

I don't use postfix but I'm sure there is a way to restrict this with
some sort of access map.

Edgar
> 
> - I do need a web archiver with thread view etc. (and ability to write
>   text pattern searches of my own on the mail texts), for which there
>   might be alternatives that do just that - archiving. (E.g. HyperKitty
>   which mailman uses, which can be used standalone also.)
> 
> Would appreciate views on whether I am missing something, if I do not use
> a proper mailing list software for above requirement.
> 
> Mayuresh
> 
>