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diff --git a/src/SW/Sietima/document.en.rest.txt b/src/SW/Sietima/document.en.rest.txt index 27f0a65..846c504 100644 --- a/src/SW/Sietima/document.en.rest.txt +++ b/src/SW/Sietima/document.en.rest.txt @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ What is it Sietima is a mailing list manager construction toolkit, written in Perl 5. It's an exercise in modularity, a showcase of the latest -features of Perl 5, and should eventually include an actually usable -mailing list manager. +features of Perl 5, and an actually usable mailing list manager. History ======= @@ -35,7 +34,38 @@ Construction toolkit? Sietima provides a bunch of modules you can plug together to make your ideal mlm. Writing new plugins to add features should be as easy as -possible. It is currently not a "just works" application, though. +possible. It is currently not a "just works" application, although the +repository includes an `example application`_ that works. + +Is it production-ready? +======================= + +Yes! I'm using Sietima to run three mailing lists on this +domain. Since I use ``qmail``, I have the following configuration: + +- ``/var/qmail/users/assign`` contains lines like:: + + +the-list:mailinglists:1016:1004:/var/qmail/mailinglists/:-:the-list: + + so messages sent to ``the-list@thenautilus.net`` (and all addresses + of the form ``the-list-*@thenautilus.net``) are routed to the + ``mailinglists`` user + +- ``/var/qmail/mailinglists/.qmail-the-list`` is:: + + |/usr/local/sietima/bin/sietima-the-list send + + so messages sent to the list go through the list-specific program + +- ``/var/qmail/mailinglists/.qmail-the-list-bounce`` is:: + + &dakkar@thenautilus.net + + so bounces go to me (I haven't written VERP or bounce handler + plugins) + +- ``/usr/local/sietima/bin/sietima-the-list`` looks very much like the + `example application`_ Contributing ============ @@ -49,7 +79,9 @@ me about it`_. Or `ask me to give you write access to the repository`_. .. _`YAPC::EU 2003`: http://conferences.mongueurs.net/ye2003/talk/355 .. _`the full history as written by Simon`: http://www.thegestalt.org/simon/siesta-article.pod -.. _`the source code`: https://www.thenautilus.net/cgit/Sietima/ +.. _`example application`: /cgit/Sietima/tree/example/sietima + +.. _`the source code`: /cgit/Sietima/ .. _`email me about it`: mailto:dakkar@thenautilus.net?subject=Code%20for%20Sietima .. _`ask me to give you write access to the repository`: mailto:dakkar@thenautilus.net?subject=Please%20allow%20me%20to%20push%20to%20Sietima |