WASPII Features

Features

WASPII is a subscription based announcement mailing list server.

WASPII distributes mail messages posted by administrators to the subscribers of a list.

List subscribers cannot post messages to other subscribers. WASPII is a one way mailing list server.

WASPII can maintain an unlimited number of lists.

List administration is 100% web based. Any modern web browser can be used to maintain WASPII lists.

Administrator privileges can be granted either to persons or hosts. IP based administrator specification can be used to grant administrator rights to hosts; and hence to whoever uses that host. UserID based administrator specification can be used to grant admin rights to people; who can display admin web pages provided that they can supply a valid UserID and password.

Each list can have its own different administrator authentication scheme and its own administrators. A master list administrator scheme is available for the administration of the whole system.

People can subscribe/unsubscribe to available lists by filling out simple web forms.

New subscribers will be notified about their subscription request and asked to confirm this request. This feature is useful against potential spammers who might subscribe other people, without their consent.

Web based subscription/unsubscription can be disabled by administrators; so that lists are rendered compulsory subscription lists. This feature is very useful in educational sites where instructors maintain announcement lists for their courses.

Administrators can add/remove subscribers easily.

Subscriber databases are searchable and easy to manage over the web.

The system is fully written in PERL and therefore fully reconfigurable by experienced PERL programmers.