fml Mailing List Packeges release revison 3.0 stable Bulletin
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[FOR YOUR INFORMATION]
3.0pl (patch sereis) is 3.0 release + patches.
1999/08/16
fml 3.0 Release
1999/08/11
fix sbin/makefml bug (loading config.ph)
cut off Subject: trailing \s+ against some MUA ;_;
1999/07/26
remove useless message reply in "unsubscribe-confirm" success
1999/07/25
makefml: not need $DIR/cf if possible
1999/07/20
Loop check: always reject from: MAIL_LIST, CONTROL_ADDRESS, ...
update several documents
1999/07/19
3.0_BETA
1999/07/18
change $SKIP_FIELDS default to pass through Received:.
It causes too many hops but need to check spam or back trace.
1999/07/11
SMTP new library: if $MCI_SMTP_HOSTS > 1 case
fix bug MCI window
smtp does not send the last $MCI_SMTP_HOSTS recipients ;)
1999/07/10
HTML_THREAD_REF_TYPE: change "default" to "prefer-in-reply-to"
1999/07/09
s/auto_symmeric_regist/auto_subscribe/
2.2F merge mci-window2 branch
more elabarate recipient list division
1999/07/05
2.2E#5
EnvelopeFilter: fix 'one line body' check bug
fix couting number of paragraph
1999/07/02
handling attachemnt in multipart mail
split each multipart block to each file
We can handle text/plain, text/html, base64 encoded file ;-) only
1999/07/01
2.2E#1 [less momory hack] part I
fix a lot of main code (fml.pl)
completely rewrite multipart to html generator (libsynchtml.pl)
rewrite virus check code (libvirus.pl)
&ADD_CONTENTS_HANDER
apply patch of fml-support:6396 to fix regexp
1999/06/29
2.2E less momory smtp IO library
1999/06/27
new handler: "auto_symmetric_regist" to resolve
asymmetric treating of "members" and "actives" files.
It will be fml 3.0 future.
1999/06/26
2.2D
2.2C: smtp hack (1/2) for pipelining
2.2D: auto_symmetric_regist
1999/06/25
HTML generation: $AUTO_HTML_GEN
(a little) more smart memory use of base64decoding
1999/06/23
EnvelopeFilter: modify 2-byte-codes filtering code (Japanese sepcific)
mead: pick up Received: for line for mail forwarding case
1999/06/22
fix PIPELINING.
add flow control of RCPT TO: rate.
1999/06/18
VERPs: Variable Envelope Return Paths
See http://www.jp.qmail.org/qmaildoc/RFC/RFCVERP.html
If you enable $USE_VERP variable, fml uses VERPs.
$USE_VERP = 1; (default 0)
1999/06/16
loop detection based on MD5 check sum of article
[config.ph]
$CHECK_MAILBODY_CKSUM = 1;
[makefml config]
top menu => SECURITY_AND_FILTER => CHECK_MAILBODY_CKSUM => "y"
1999/06/14
make FEATURES document/web page from README
1999/06/08
fix command mode moderation
modify messages/Japanese/amctl (amctl.added)
to be more readable at a glance
1999/06/07
bug fix html mail filtering code
1999/06/04
fml-support:6245
import new html_mail(?) filtering code (beta test?).
Now we can set each policy e.g. permit/deny for each multipart block.
Example:
&ADD_CONTENT_HANDLER('multipart/*', 'text/plain', 'allow');
&ADD_CONTENT_HANDLER('multipart/*', '*/*', 'reject');
&ADD_CONTENT_HANDLER('text/plain', '*/*', 'allow');
&ADD_CONTENT_HANDLER('!MIME', '*/*', 'allow');
1999/06/03
bug fix confirmation message
(resolve duplicated entry in doc/message/Japanese/)
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FML 3.0.1 Mailing List Server Package
Ken'ichi Fukamachi
Please identify 3.0 as 3.0.1 case by case.
[Guide]
Please read when you upgrade from 2.x to 3.0.1 or 3.0.
http://www.fml.org/fml/UPGRADE-3.0-e/
differences between 3.0.1 and 3.0.
http://www.fml.org/fml/CHANGES-3.0.1/
differences between 2.2.1 and 3.0.
http://www.fml.org/fml/3.0-new-features-e.html
quick guide: outline of installation and fundamental configurations.
http://www.fml.org/fml/examples/index-e.html
home page of fml
http://www.fml.org/fml/
download from here
ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/IIJ/dist/fukachan/fml/
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1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Environment you need in installation of fml
1.3 Source codes and the latest information
1.4 FML Advisories
1.5 Mailing Lists
1.6 fml-FAQ project
1.6 fml FAQ
2 Installation
2.1 makefml (installer and CUI interface for configurations)
2.2 Supported Systems
3 FML 3.0 Function Overview
4 Version Up and Compatibility
4.1 On Version Up
4.2 To enable new functions effective
4.3 Compatibility
4.4 Changes
5 Distribution
5.1 Copyright
5.2 Attention when you use
6 Acknowledgments
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1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
FML is a package of mailing list server and utility programs. It
consists of perl scripts. It has been developed, tested and advanced
in Japan from 1993 to 1998. FML contains
distributer (filter program which passes articles to MTA to deliver)
command server for users
command interface for general user
command interface for remote administration
listserv/majordomo style interface (emulation)
digest server
CUI installer and configuration program
other utility programs
FML design policy is based on the degree of freedom, so that I respect
"each environment for each man/women".
I assume that ML is a private communication so that the default fml
policy is manual edit: "you add a new member in hand, only members can
post and use commands". If you want to use extended functions,
e.g. remote administration, you need to EXPLICITLY modify the ML
configuration file (config.ph). One configuration file controls one
ML, so each ML can have each policy. CUI "makefml" provides a method
to customize basic functions. Advanced configuration needs the manual
edit of config.ph.
1.2 Environment you need in installation of fml
FML fundamentally needs
a UNIX account
perl (4 or 5, at least after 4.019?)
MTA (e.g. sendmail,qmail,exim,...).
See INSTALL for more details on installation.
See INSTALL_on_NT4 for fml on Windows NT4.
See INSTALL_with_QMAIL when you use fml with qmail.
If you use an ISP service, you must require e.g. a shell account. You
should consult with ISP you use for details of computer environments.
ML is a filtering process, so it consists of
1 2
sender(post an article) -> MTA -> fml -> MTA (to deliver the article)
1. process receives an incoming mail and kicks a fml process off
2. delivery process which process understands SMTP
The delivery (MTA 2) and kick-off (MTA 1) processes can be essentially
different ones. FML runs on the host which receives mail submitted
to ML. MTA 2 (delivery system) can run on another hosts other than MTA
1. Plural MTA's for delivery are available to accelerate it.
1.3 Source codes and the latest information
[Sources]
You can obtain fml sources at the URL
ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/IIJ/dist/fukachan/fml/
Please get the latest one, which is called fml-current. You'll find
fml-current, official released and other mail related sources at the
URL. The latest one is
ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/IIJ/dist/fukachan/fml/fml-current.tar.gz
[Documents]
When you expand the fml source, you will find several documents under
doc/ and html documents under doc/html/.
The HOME PAGE of the Fml is
http://www.fml.org/
You can obtain the latest (fml-)current documents and sources here.
You could see the latest topics on fml-users mailing lists or fml home
pages. This site provides the search engine over fml distribution
documents.
1.4 FML Advisories
FML Advisories are a series of documents to advice some kinds of
current topics, for example, happy99, Melissa ...
http://www.fml.org/fml/advisories/
1.5 Mailing Lists
Despite of my efforts, errors are inevitable. (Especially documents
must have a lot of English translation errors ;-) Please send me or ML
your corrections, comments, and suggestions. I set up the following ML
for it
fml-users@ffs.fml.org (Language is English)
# FYI: fml-support@ffs.fml.org (Language is Japanese)
To join fml-users, send the following phrase in the mail body
subscribe your-name (e.g. subscribe Anne Shirley)
to the address . You will receive a
confirmation of your will to join this. Please reply and send it back
to . This confirmation is against
subscription spoofing attacks.
It must be useful to search documents if you have a question. Please
try to search documents under doc/ in the distribution package or try
to use http://www.fml.org/ search engine. It is the first step to
solve your questions.
If you ask me or mailing lists, please check and report your
environment following doc/CHECK_LIST.en before you ask me or mailing
lists.
If you want to contact only the author, please send e-mail to the
address .
1.6 fml-FAQ project
1.6 fml FAQ
A project to create fml FAQ runs in JWNTUG ntfml-wg. If you have
questions or answers on some topics, please click here
http://www.jwntug.or.jp/wg/ntfml/faq/announce.html
2 Installation
2.1 makefml (installer and CUI interface for configurations)
To install FML, you can only run
(shell prompt)% perl makefml install
, which queries a few your environments. To make a new ML (e.g. elena
ML), run
/usr/local/fml/makefml newml ML-Name
e.g. /usr/local/fml/perl makefml newml elena
Please see the file INSTALL for the detail.
http://www.fml.org/fml/UPGRADE/
http://www.fml.org/fml/UPGRADE-3.0/
2.2 Supported Systems
Fml can run on almost UNIX like operating systems. The installer
(makefml) tries to adjust FML to your OS in installing as could as
possible. Fml master source has been tested on NetBSD (4.4BSD derived
system).
Fml on Windows NT4.0 can work also. Please read INSTALL and
INSTALL_on_NT4.
* Development Environment:
postfix 19990601 + perl 5.00503 on NetBSD 1.4D (ELF, IPv4 only)
* Test Environment: I've tested fml on the following system:
sendmail 8.9.3 + perl 5.005_03 on NetBSD/i386 1.4_BETA
sendmail 8.9.3 + perl 4.036 on NetBSD/i386 1.4_BETA
The delivery system on FML.ORG consists of 5 MTA's to accelerate the
delivery (as both an experiment and a demonstration :-).
sendmail 8.8.8 + WIDE patch + smtpfeed
sendmail 8.9.3
qmail 1.03
exim 2.04
postfix snap-19990601
3 FML 3.0 Function Overview
4 Version Up and Compatibility
4.1 On Version Up
I recommends you use "makefml install" in doing version up since
makefml tries to adjust fml to fit your OS.
4.2 To enable new functions effective
You can use makefml's menu configuration to enable some basic
functions. Please define new options in config.ph explicitly. In
default, new mechanism does not work if not defined. Please see
INSTALL for more details.
4.3 Compatibility
*** translation is abbreviated ***
4.4 Changes
Please see CHANGES and RELEASE_NOTES.
5 Distribution
5.1 Copyright
Copyright (C) 1993-1999 Ken'ichi Fukamachi
FML is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of GNU General Public License.
See the file COPYING for more details.
5.2 Attention when you use
This software is a my hobby, so has no relation with IIJ (Internet
Initiative Japan Inc.). "ftp.iij.ad.jp" is just a ftp server as the
fml master distribution server.
6 Acknowledgments
I thank a lot of people for valuable comments, suggestions, bug
reports, contributions, fixes and patches both on fml-support ML and
in private communication. I distribute some contributed codes as a
part of FML distribution. I refer each contribution in RELEASE_NOTES.
I greatly appreciate softwares developed and distributed under freedom
of programming. For convenience I bundle to my package, config.guess
(GNU autoconf), a few useful codes jcode.pl and mime_pls, which you
can obtain on anonymous ftp's. 4.4BSD has been a start point to study
several aspects of OS details.
$Id: README.wix,v 2.21.2.9 2000/01/05 11:53:06 fukachan Exp $