* On 10 Jan 2011, 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.
I agree with Simon Ruderich in general. Sounds tricky. Years ago when I ran out campus mailing list server I hated the web-based archives interface, so I built a few simple scripts that let an IMAP server read directly from the archive files. I created a public, read-only account so that people could browse archives, reply, etc. using any IMAP mail reader. It was pretty nice, and easy to implement. The hardest part was protecting private mailing lists so that only authenticated subscribers could read them, but that might not be a concern for you. > The mailbox files would be read-only to all except list moderators, > who could use Mutt to fix broken threads, delete dupes, etc. List You could use mutt in this fashion for trusted moderators by declaring all the security issues policy problems. -- David Champion * d...@uchicago.edu * IT Services * University of Chicago
