Hi

Ross Boylan <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Jul 2002 23:35:45 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.zmailman
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I am thinking of combining bits of Mailman with a Zope app I'm doing
(initially, it was really the bounce handling that interested me).  I
saw this project and was intrigued.  I have a few questions and
comments.

Exactly how do I get the source from cvs?  I see the cvs repository is
browseable from the web, but can I pull it in anonymously?  I did not
see an option to download a tarball (as some systems have).  And I
couldn't find any instructions.  When I clicked up the cvs tree I
found a reference to CVSWeb, but the link doesn't work.

Minor point: the opening page for ZMail says "Note: Neither Zope 2.5
nor Mailman 2.1 have been released yet."  That's out of date on both
counts. Zope 2.5 is out.

Finally, my immediate interests may differ from the focus of most of
the effort so far.  I gather that has centered on integrating the web
forms with Zope, and there has been discussion of interactions with
Zope user objects.

In contrast, my attention has been on managing bounce data for mails I
send out, and integrating mailman with ZODB both for messages and list
subscribers.

Another potential issue I see is that effective integration may
actually require ZEO, since both a running Zope and mailman's
responses to email may want to hit the database.

P.S. Is the stuff in cvs any different from the downloadable product
tarball?