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Sietima, a mailing list manager construction toolkit
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:CreationDate: 2016-08-29 12:20:04
:Id: SW/Sietima
:tags: - perl
       - software

What is it
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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.

History
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Once upon a time, there was a mailing list manager called Siesta,
written by Richard Clamp, Greg McCarrol and Simon Winstow. You can
still look at the `Subversion repository`_, `development mailing list
archives`_, `the slides of the talk Richard gave`_ at `YAPC::EU
2003`_, and `the full history as written by Simon`_.

It is completely plugin-driven, and has per-user configuration. I
still run a few lists on Siesta.

Fast forward 13 years: Perl and CPAN have come a long way. Can we
write a better list manager now? How hard can it be? That's why I
started writing Sietima.

Construction toolkit?
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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.

Contributing
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Check out `the source code`_, push your branch somewhere, then `email
me about it`_. Or `ask me to give you write access to the repository`_.

.. _`Subversion repository`: https://siesta.svn.unixbeard.net/trunk/siesta/
.. _`development mailing list archives`: http://siesta.unixbeard.net/siesta/archive/siesta-dev/lurker_15.html
.. _`the slides of the talk Richard gave`: http://unixbeard.net/~richardc/talks/siesta/
.. _`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/
.. _`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