On Thursday 05 December 2002 10:18 am, bsf wrote:

hi all

why not hack a working mailing list server ( say mailman ) to include this functionality by this we wdn't have to reinvent the wheel for actually building up a mailing list prog .... secoindly it could provide an option for traditional sending out emails too ... for people who are behind a firewall and cannot pop access ...

I am going to follow these basic rules. 1. Should use the same mailing list software and not try to reinvent the wheel by writing a new mailing list software. (This will include studying the present mailing lists softwares and their analysis)

2. Include POP as an option to it instead of forcing everyone to POP from the server. So POP will only be an feature and not a compulsion, list admins my diable this feature if required.

3. Support to reply to mails online - web based. (Online Yahoo groups or google groups for example).

The interested programmers who have contacted me and I have managed to gather their info are:

"Srinivasan. R" <cnu_28 {at} yahoo.com>

"Aliasgar Dahodwala" <rock_ali {at} indiatimes.com>

If anyone else interested (or I have missed theie name) then please get in touch with me at amish {at} munshi.dyndns.org. Documentation also has to be written so anyone keen on doing that part can also

thirdly ... the time to the finished product wd be greatly reduced ...

The software that is popular need not be better. The software that is better need not be popular. It is a matter of choice what you prefer, better or popular. Linux/GNU gives you choice and also is the best software today in the market, ever guessed how much does it cost?

Amish K. Munshi. (IT Engg.) Registered Linux user 282018 at http://counter.li.org Homepage http://munshi.dyndns.org/~amish Email address amish {at} munshi.dyndns.org ICQ 85730949

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