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@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ public-inbox - an "archives first" approach to mailing lists ------------------------------------------------------------ public-inbox implements the sharing of an email inbox via git to -complement or replace traditional mailing lists. +complement or replace traditional mailing lists. Readers may +subscribe to a mailing list using ssoma[1] (a git-wrapper) to +import email from a git repository into an IMAP folder, Maildir, +or mbox. Readers may also read via Atom feeds and HTML archives. public-inbox spawned around three main ideas: @@ -15,16 +18,6 @@ public-inbox spawned around three main ideas: public-inbox aims to be easy-to-deploy and manage; encouraging projects to run their own instances with minimal overhead. -Features --------- -* anybody may participate via plain-text email -* stores email in git, readers have a complete archive of the inbox -* Atom feed allows casual readers to follow via feed reader -* Mail user-agent (MUA) users may use Maildir, mbox(5) and/or IMAP locally -* uses only well-documented and easy-to-implement data formats - -Try it out now, see http://try.public-inbox.org/ - Implementation -------------- public-inbox uses ssoma[1], Some Sort Of Mail Archiver which implements @@ -53,6 +46,16 @@ a public-inbox git archive to subscribers via SMTP. [1] http://ssoma.public-inbox.org/ +Features +-------- +* anybody may participate via plain-text email +* stores email in git, readers have a complete archive of the inbox +* Atom feed allows casual readers to follow via feed reader +* Mail user-agent (MUA) users may use Maildir, mbox(5) and/or IMAP locally +* uses only well-documented and easy-to-implement data formats + +Try it out now, see http://try.public-inbox.org/ + Requirements (Atom, read-only client) ------------------------------------- * any feed reader capable of following Atom feeds |