use of non-Free services or software.
* 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 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.
+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
-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.
+By storing (and optionally) exposing an inbox via git, it is
+fast and efficient to host and mirror public-inboxes.
-public-inbox uses the "pull" model. Casual readers may also follow
-the list via NNTP, Atom feed or HTML archives.
+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.
-Users of the ssoma[1] command-line tool may import mail into an mbox,
-Maildir, or IMAP folder from git repositories periodically.
+public-inbox uses the "pull" model. Casual readers may
+follow the list via NNTP, Atom feed or HTML archives.
-If a reader loses interest, they simply stop syncing.
+If a reader loses interest, they simply stop following.
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.
-[1] https://ssoma.public-inbox.org/
-
Features
--------
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)
Hacking
-------
-Source code is available via git:
+AGPL source code is available via git:
- git clone git://80x24.org/public-inbox
+ git clone https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox.git
+ git clone https://repo.or.cz/public-inbox.git
+ torsocks git clone http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/public-inbox
See below for contact info.
nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
https://public-inbox.org/meta/
-You may also clone all messages via git:
+And as Tor hidden services:
- git clone --mirror https://public-inbox.org/meta/
+ http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/
+ nntp://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
-Or pass the same git repository URL for ssoma using the instructions at:
+You may also clone all messages via git:
- https://ssoma.public-inbox.org/README.html
+ git clone --mirror https://public-inbox.org/meta/
+ torsocks git clone --mirror http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/
Anti-Spam
---------
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
Copyright
---------
-Copyright 2013-2016 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright 2013-2020 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