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1 # public-inbox data flow
2 #
3 # Note: choose either "delivery tools" OR "git mirroring tools"
4 # for a given inboxdir.  Combining them for the SAME inboxdir
5 # will cause conflicts.  Of course, different inboxdirs may
6 # choose different means of getting mail into them.
7
8                                                  +--------------------+
9                                                  |  delivery tools:   |
10                                                  |  public-inbox-mda  |
11                                                  | public-inbox-watch |
12                                                  | public-inbox-learn |
13                                                  +--------------------+
14                                                    |
15                                                    |
16                                                    v
17 +----------------------+                         +--------------------+
18 | git mirroring tools: |  git (clone|fetch) &&   |                    |
19 |      grok-pull,      |  public-inbox-index     |      inboxdir      |
20 |   various scripts    | ----------------------> |                    |
21 +----------------------+                         +--------------------+
22                                                    |
23                                                    |
24                                                    v
25                                                  +--------------------+
26                                                  | read-only daemons: |
27                                                  | public-inbox-httpd |
28                                                  | public-inbox-imapd |
29                                                  | public-inbox-nntpd |
30                                                  +--------------------+
31
32 # Copyright 2020-2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
33 # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>