SIMPLEX
A Simple Mailing List Software

 

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The SIMPLEX listserver program consists of only one Perl script; listserver.pl.

The script needs to know a listserver home (recommended home : /etc/listserver).
Please see Installation notes to learn how this home is specified.

I recommend you put the script in /usr/local/bin.

Make sure the script file is world executable but writable only by the owner.

The script uses some files located in the listserver home:

  • a subscriber database (actually it is a plain text file) for each list; where file names are in the list_id.subscribers format;
  • and a forbidden file which containes a list of email addresses that are banned to post messages to mailing lists managed by this service.

You can edit these files with any editor you like, provided that you keep them as standard UNIX text files.