(Aside to Jeff: Just sending you a copy of this for your information.) Background: I am working with a Linux SIG that used to be part of a more general computer group. We plan to change the name to mention "LUG" (GLVLUG -- Greater Lehigh Valley Linux User Group).
I want to establish a mailing list for the group. I want to find either: * a "service" that would host a mailing list for the group for free * or, put a (simple) mailing list application on one of my machines, behind a firewall (well, NAT) and not require the use of anything that (in my mind) takes a lot of work or more knowledge than I have atm to setup -- for example, I don't want it to depend on (or be) an MTA, Apache (or any other web server), or even a windows email client that I'm not using (I currently use kmail, and plan to stick with it). I know I could do something in kmail by adding a mail list such that I could send out emails to a reasonable number of people, but that doesn't solve the problem of other people posting to the list. I'd prefer that, whatever I find, receive / retrieve posts via POP3 (via my ISP) and send posts via SMTP (again, via my ISP), and I'd prefer that emails be stored in mbox files (but, I could live with maildir). One of my machines is running Debian 7.11 (Wheezy), and the other is running Debian 8.11 (Jessie) -- I'd probably install whatever I find on the 8.11 machine. I looked at packages available that might meet my needs (just by searching for mailing list in apper and then looking at the dependencies) -- I found the following that might meet my needs -- I'll start by investigating courier (the pop version). * courier-pop * enemies-of-carlotta * mimmj * quickml * schleuder * smartlist I'd appreciate any advice anyone can offer.
