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| author | Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net> | 2023-08-28 12:42:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2023-08-28 21:32:31 +0000 |
| commit | bd74fefce24f1a9a7b6d3a7f1e17237a67e9d1d4 (patch) | |
| tree | df8fea1e323392e75173b805269159e5810b3f11 /README | |
| parent | da72fa0c8e3257ca6467bd9999cbb77a31ac4d13 (diff) | |
| download | public-inbox-bd74fefce24f1a9a7b6d3a7f1e17237a67e9d1d4.tar.gz | |
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public-inbox spawned around three main ideas: communication. Users may have broken graphics drivers, limited eyesight, or be unable to afford modern hardware. -public-inbox aims to be easy-to-deploy and manage; encouraging projects +public-inbox aims to be easy to deploy and manage, encouraging projects to run their own instances with minimal overhead. Implementation @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public-inbox stores mail in git repositories as documented in https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox-v2-format.txt and https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox-v1-format.txt -By storing (and optionally) exposing an inbox via git, it is +By storing and (optionally) exposing an inbox via git, it is fast and efficient to host and mirror public-inboxes. Traditional mailing lists use the "push" model. For readers, @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ follow the list via NNTP, IMAP, POP3, Atom feed or HTML archives. If a reader loses interest, they simply stop following. -Since we use git, mirrors are easy-to-setup, and lists are -easy-to-relocate to different mail addresses without losing +Since we use git, mirrors are easy to set up, and lists are +easy to relocate to different mail addresses without losing or splitting archives. -_Anybody_ may also setup a delivery-only mailing list server to +_Anybody_ may also set up a delivery-only mailing list server to replay a public-inbox git archive to subscribers via SMTP. Features @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ and pull requests to our public-inbox address at: Please Cc: all recipients when replying as we do not require subscription. This also makes it easier to rope in folks of -tangentially related projects we depend on (e.g. git developers +tangentially related projects we depend on (e.g., git developers on git@vger.kernel.org). The archives are readable via IMAP, NNTP or HTTP: @@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ This improves accessibility, and saves bandwidth and storage as mail is archived forever. As of the 2010s, successful online social networks and forums are the -ones which heavily restrict users formatting options; so public-inbox -aims to preserve the focus on content, and not presentation. +ones which heavily restrict users' formatting options; public-inbox +aims to preserve the focus on content, not presentation. Copyright --------- |