On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 05:15:01PM -0800, John Magolske wrote: > I'm wondering if Mutt could be used to present mailing lists in > an on-line accessible way somewhat similar to forums, basically > by providing a server that people could SSH into and run a remote > instance of Mutt for browsing list archives and replying to posts.
Replying might be problematic if spammers find your host. > The mailbox files would be read-only to all except list moderators, > who could use Mutt to fix broken threads, delete dupes, etc. List > subscribers could SSH in using a terminal, or Mutt could be displayed > in a web browser using an AJAX terminal emulator like ShellInABox... > maybe even with some clicky-gui buttons around it. Users would have > the option of uploading their own muttrc, but a config file on the > server would override certain commands like delete, break-thread, > link-threads, etc so they don't even show up as options. I don't think it's possible to secure a mutt instance so that it can't write to a mailbox (or execute programs under the current user); there's -R but I wouldn't consider that secure. A better approach would be to use a user which has only read-access to the files so nobody could alter them (for example put all users in a group and allow read access to that group). Admins could get write-access. > Has anyone tried something like this? Does it seem viable? > > John I haven't tried it but the idea sounds good. Only problem is that most users who use mutt already have the list locally (or know a way to get them) and other users can't or don't want to use a console only client. Regards, Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using gnupg http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
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