From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 1 14:04:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE2D1065672 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:04:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D798FC17 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:04:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so151928yxe.3 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:04:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KhTq5D+jwJlTv2oAl06XWd32wqC3Mp1QjoqxxzA3KOw=; b=Ka+m4jzrIU0U1VRRCkeQk2il7RrsbHCLEO2HcPWq8G/30el0UDgyx0WSal/ASRPAKn DCYj7qi9s+bOvQIu5L+UgtrU/HFKj61R+jPQkm9t8u0Vc3PkrZxRbULpwqTFTIqg/P9f g04XxFqmfy3B+kpSj/gnQI0T0hPC7b0y4xE3s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=xy/WPXpff5+fTiUVjdPdwV05thNcKo6frCtyXnuZo9rXo2FPqdi+cEsu8qSK2WtciB +OQklsbBCjnjsoo8r/rhHN15PIFgVFVpmycaTEZXLrQrz1cupHfZT9K7Q75cmYd410F5 3SxDVDH/UyO964fIBn6EXCGybAJo8psF5GfCg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.254.19 with SMTP id b19mr2394217ybi.6.1254405868409; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:04:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <832963.74091.qm@web56208.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <832963.74091.qm@web56208.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:04:28 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0910010704v9f1fae0oee30acda5b19f0d8@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Aflatoon Aflatooni Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usenet configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:04:29 -0000 On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Aflatoon Aflatooni wrote: > Can someone point me to what software I need to install in order to provide > a usenet service for internal users? > > Thanks > > You mean like this? > cat /usr/ports/mail/mailman/pkg-descr Paraphrasing the website: Mailman is a mailing list manager (MLM); that is, software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo, LISTSERV, and the like. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a web page and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change their preferences via the web. Even a list manager can administer his or her list(s) entirely via the web. Mailman integrates many common MLM features, including web-based archiving (though it also has hooks for external archivers), mail-to-news gateways, bounce handling, spam prevention, Majordomo-style email-based list administration, direct SMTP delivery (with fast bulk mailing), digest delivery, virtual domain support, and more. Mailman is written mostly in Python (with a smattering of C where necessary for security purposes), and includes hooks to make it easily scriptable and extensible. It is compatible with most web servers and browsers, and most mail transfer agents (mail servers). Mailman's documentation may be found on its website. Author: Barry Warsaw and the Mailman Cabal WWW: http://www.list.org/ -- Adam Vande More