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 public-inbox - an "archives first" approach to mailing lists
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 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.  Readers may
 public-inbox implements the sharing of an email inbox via git to
 complement or replace traditional mailing lists.  Readers may

-read via NNTP, Atom feeds or HTML archives.
+read via NNTP, IMAP, Atom feeds or HTML archives.

 
 public-inbox spawned around three main ideas:
 
 
 public-inbox spawned around three main ideas:
 

-* Publically accessible and archived communication is essential to
-  Free and Open Source development.
-* Contributing to Free and Open Source projects should not require the
-  use of non-Free/non-Open Source services or software.
+* Publicly accessible and archived communication is essential to
+  Free Software development.
+
+* Contributing to Free Software projects should not require the
+  use of non-Free services or software.
+

 * Graphical user interfaces should not be required for text-based
 * Graphical user interfaces should not be required for text-based

-  communication.
+  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
 to run their own instances with minimal overhead.
 
 Implementation
 --------------
 
 public-inbox aims to be easy-to-deploy and manage; encouraging projects
 to run their own instances with minimal overhead.
 
 Implementation
 --------------

-public-inbox uses ssoma[1], Some Sort Of Mail Archiver which implements
-no policy of its own.  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, this
-requires commitment to subscribe and effort to unsubscribe.  New readers
-may also have difficulty following existing discussions if archives do
-not expose Message-ID headers for responses.  List server admins may be
-burdened with delivery failures.
+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

 
 

-public-inbox uses the "pull" model.  Casual readers may also follow
-the list via NNTP, Atom feed or HTML archives.
+By storing (and optionally) exposing an inbox via git, it is
+fast and efficient to host and mirror public-inboxes.

 
 

-Users of the ssoma[1] command-line tool may import mail into an mbox,
-Maildir, or IMAP folder from git repositories periodically.
+Traditional mailing lists use the "push" model.  For readers,
+that requires commitment to subscribe and effort to unsubscribe.
+New readers may also have difficulty following existing
+discussions if archives do not expose Message-ID and References
+headers.  List server admins are also burdened with delivery
+failures.

 
 

-If a reader loses interest, they simply stop syncing.
+public-inbox uses the "pull" model.  Casual readers may
+follow the list via NNTP, IMAP, 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
 
 Since we use git, mirrors are easy-to-setup, and lists are

-easy-to-relocate to different mail addresses without losing/splitting
-archives.
+easy-to-relocate to different mail addresses without losing
+or splitting archives.

 
 _Anybody_ may also setup a delivery-only mailing list server to
 replay a public-inbox git archive to subscribers via SMTP.
 
 
 _Anybody_ may also setup a delivery-only mailing list server to
 replay a public-inbox git archive to subscribers via SMTP.
 

-[1] http://ssoma.public-inbox.org/
-

 Features
 --------
 Features
 --------

+

 * anybody may participate via plain-text email
 * anybody may participate via plain-text email

+

 * stores email in git, readers may have a complete archive of the inbox
 * stores email in git, readers may have a complete archive of the inbox

-* Atom feed and NNTP allows casual readers to follow via feed reader
+
+* Atom feed, IMAP, NNTP allows casual readers to follow via local tools
+

 * uses only well-documented and easy-to-implement data formats
 
 * uses only well-documented and easy-to-implement data formats
 

-Try it out now, see http://try.public-inbox.org/
+Try it out now, see https://try.public-inbox.org/

 
 Requirements for reading:
 
 
 Requirements for reading:
 

-* any software capable of NNTP or following Atom feeds
+* any software capable of IMAP, NNTP or following Atom feeds

 
 Any basic web browser will do for the HTML archives.
 We primarily develop on w3m to maximize accessibility.
 
 Any basic web browser will do for the HTML archives.
 We primarily develop on w3m to maximize accessibility.


@@ -66,24 +74,34 @@ Requirements (participant)
 
 * any MUA which may send text-only emails ("git send-email" works!)
   Users are strongly encouraged to use the "reply-all" feature of
 
 * any MUA which may send text-only emails ("git send-email" works!)
   Users are strongly encouraged to use the "reply-all" feature of

-  their mailers to reduce the impact of a public-inbox as a SPOF.
+  their mailers to reduce the impact of a public-inbox as a
+  single point of failure.
+
+* The HTTP web interface exposes mboxrd files, and NNTP clients often
+  feature reply-by-email functionality

 
 * participants do not need to install public-inbox, only server admins
 
 Requirements (server)
 ---------------------
 
 * participants do not need to install public-inbox, only server admins
 
 Requirements (server)
 ---------------------

-See http://public-inbox.org/INSTALL
+
+See https://public-inbox.org/INSTALL

 
 Hacking
 -------
 
 Hacking
 -------

-Source code is available via git:

 
 

-       git clone git://80x24.org/public-inbox
+AGPL source code is available via git:
+
+       git clone https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox.git
+       git clone https://repo.or.cz/public-inbox.git
+       torsocks git clone http://7fh6tueqddpjyxjmgtdiueylzoqt6pt7hec3pukyptlmohoowvhde4yd.onion/public-inbox.git
+       torsocks git clone http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/public-inbox

 
 See below for contact info.
 
 Contact
 -------
 
 See below for contact info.
 
 Contact
 -------

+

 We are happy to see feedback of all types via plain-text email.
 public-inbox discussion is self-hosting on public-inbox.org
 Please send comments, user/developer discussion, patches, bug reports,
 We are happy to see feedback of all types via plain-text email.
 public-inbox discussion is self-hosting on public-inbox.org
 Please send comments, user/developer discussion, patches, bug reports,


@@ -96,33 +114,41 @@ subscription.  This also makes it easier to rope in folks of
 tangentially related projects we depend on (e.g. git developers
 on git@vger.kernel.org).
 
 tangentially related projects we depend on (e.g. git developers
 on git@vger.kernel.org).
 

-The archives are readable via NNTP or HTTP:
+The archives are readable via IMAP, NNTP or HTTP:

 
 

-       nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
-       http://public-inbox.org/meta/
+       nntps://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
+       imaps://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0
+       https://public-inbox.org/meta/

 
 

-You may also clone all messages via git:
+AUTH=ANONYMOUS is supported for IMAP, but any username + password works

 
 

-       git clone --mirror git://public-inbox.org/meta.git
+And as Tor hidden services:

 
 

-Or pass the same git repository URL for ssoma using the instructions at:
+       http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/
+       nntp://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
+       imap://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0

 
 

-       http://ssoma.public-inbox.org/README.html
+You may also clone all messages via git:
+
+       git clone --mirror https://public-inbox.org/meta/
+       torsocks git clone --mirror http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/

 
 Anti-Spam
 ---------
 
 Anti-Spam
 ---------

+

 The maintainer of public-inbox has found SpamAssassin a good tool for
 filtering his personal mail, and it will be the default spam filtering
 tool in public-inbox.
 
 The maintainer of public-inbox has found SpamAssassin a good tool for
 filtering his personal mail, and it will be the default spam filtering
 tool in public-inbox.
 

-See http://public-inbox/dc-dlvr-spam-flow.html for more info.
+See https://public-inbox.org/dc-dlvr-spam-flow.html for more info.

 
 Content Filtering
 -----------------
 
 Content Filtering
 -----------------

-To discourage phishing, web bugs (tracking), viruses and other nuisances,
-only plain-text content is allowed and non-text content is stripped.
-This saves I/O bandwidth and storage, which is important as
-entire mail archives are shared between clients.
+
+To discourage phishing, trackers, exploits and other nuisances,
+only plain-text emails are allowed and HTML is rejected by default.
+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
 
 As of the 2010s, successful online social networks and forums are the
 ones which heavily restrict users formatting options; so public-inbox


@@ -130,8 +156,9 @@ aims to preserve the focus on content, and not presentation.
 
 Copyright
 ---------
 
 Copyright
 ---------

-Copyright 2013-2015 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
-License: AGPLv3 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+Copyright 2013-2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>

 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by


@@ -144,7 +171,7 @@ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

 
 Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
 
 
 Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7: