majorcool - Was Re: Adding a web-search function for my list

Hi "Majordomo-users (list)" <[email protected]>
cc 2 off list repliers:
	 [email protected] &  Hal <[email protected]>
+ cc <[email protected]>, Andreas Klemm <[email protected]>
	(FreeBSD ports/mail/majorcool/ remover & creator).

replies copied in below as of interest to others beyiond me, +
questions from Hal back to list (I do use majordomo, I did install
majorcool, but didnt have time to try it).

After the 2 replies below, I uploaded am md5 conformant distfile
from my local host to
	ftp://ftp.berklix.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/majorcool-1.3.2.tar.gz

So <[email protected]> could move the port that was in FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE 
	http://www.freebsd.org/ports/mail.html
	/usr/ports/mail/majorcool/
back from the  the FreeBSD Attic/
	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/mail/majorcool/Attic/Makefile?hideattic=0
		"2011-05-01 mail/majorcool: Upstream disapear and distfile is no more available"
&
	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/mail/majorcool/Attic/distinfo?rev=1.7;content-type=text%2Fplain;hideattic=0
		"MD5 (majorcool-1.3.2.tar.gz) = 46678d0db7779f8ce35e5f63944c3e8d"

The 2 Replies:
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Michael Elbel wrote:
> Hi Julian,
> 
> Am 28.04.2012 11:32, schrieb Julian H. Stacey:
> > Hi,
> > Reference:
> >> From:		Hal<[email protected]>
> >> Date:		Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:44:13 +0200
> >> Message-id:	<[email protected]>
> >
> > Hal wrote:
> >> I run a Majordomo run mailing list and also have a supporting website
> >> which I'm in the process of updating.
> >>
> >> I'd like the site to be searchable; not just the website but including
> >> all archived list messages. I assume I need to contact the system
> >> administrator to install a CGI-BIN script or something, but I thought
> >> I'd save him the time doing the research beforehand myself.
> >
> > Look at majorcool
> > -------
> > MajorCool is a CGI script written in Perl that provides a Web interface
> > to Majordomo. It is intended to run co-located with the Majordomo
> > program (ie, both mail and Web on the same host).
> >
> > MajorCool was originally designed as an administrative front-end to the
> > popular mailing list manager, allowing novice list-owners to manage
> > their list configuration and subscriber base.
> >
> > WWW: http://www.conveyanced.com/MajorCool/
> 
> That information appears to be quite outdated. The link doesn't work 
> anymore. If you look at wikipedia 
> (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MajorCool), they will point you at 
> http://www.siliconexus.com/MajorCool/). In any case, MajorCool is for 
> MajorDomo 1.9x which has not been updated for more than 10 years. I know 
> of no interface for version 2.0.
> 
... a bit of local info omitted, Michael can repost that if he wants ...

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> From: Hal <[email protected]>
> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Adding a web-search function for my list
> References: <[email protected]>
> 
> On 28.04.12 11.32, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> 
> > Hal wrote:
> >> I run a Majordomo run mailing list and also have a supporting website
> >> which I'm in the process of updating.
> >>
> >> I'd like the site to be searchable; not just the website but including
> >> all archived list messages. I assume I need to contact the system
> >> administrator to install a CGI-BIN script or something, but I thought
> >> I'd save him the time doing the research beforehand myself.
> >
> > Look at majorcool
> 
> Thanks. The link (http://www.conveyanced.com/MajorCool/) didn't seem to 
> have anything on the subject -I found it here though: 
> http://www.siliconexus.com/MajorCool/
> 
> It seems to have lots more features than I need, and I also read (at the 
> same site) that there are better suited tools (and apparently safer as 
> well) for subscribing/unsubscribing such as Mailserv and LWgate so I 
> also had a look at those.
> 
> I found a demo for Mailserv here: 
> http://www.barelyfitz.com/projects/mailserv/index.php/all
> and I was hoping that by entering a bogus email address it would tell me 
> "Address not found" right away. User-friendliness is very important, 
> which is why I want to install a method for unsubscribing on the web in 
> the first place.
> 
> I also looked at LWgate which I found a demo of here: 
> http://conte.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/request-add.html
> Looks very complicated indeed.
> 
> 
> So considering that I just want to create a simple form where the user 
> enters his/her email address and presses an "Unsubscribe" button where 
> he/she either gets an immediate response along the lines of "Your 
> address ([email protected]) has been unsubscribed successfully" or "Your 
> address ([email protected]) is NOT subscribed. Please check your address and 
> try again" -which options do I have?
> Will Majorcool allow me to do this by just using a couple of its options 
> and styling my form in CSS as I like, or will Mailserv, LWgate or 
> something entirely else be better suited for me?

Cheers,
Julian
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