[ZODB-Dev] Packless, Mountable FileStorage?

[Chris Withers]

"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "CW" == Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com> writes:
> 
>     CW> BTW, has anyone made a packless FileStorage? I'm thinking
>     CW> about making a portal_mail tool for the CMF that would store
>     CW> messages to be sent and then send them from another process so
>     CW> you don't get a really long wait if viewing a page results in
>     CW> mail messages being sent to lots of people.
> 
> I don't know what a packless FileStorage has to do with this, but if
> you feel semi-ambitious, you could try downloading the latest Mailman
> 2.1cvs snapshot.  Then your "store messages to be sent out" would
> handing the message off to Mailman for it to deliver.

Hmmm.. interesting. How painless is mailman to get into? I don't have the time
needed for a Z-shaped learning curve anymore ;-)

> I haven't tried any of this, but there's two possible ways to do it in
> MM2.1.  Take a look at the Mailman/Post.py file for two interfaces to
> "posting a message to a list".  One involves making an in-process call
> to Mailman.Post.inject(), the other involves calling Post.py as a
> command line script.  The API should be explained in that file.

I'll take a look when I get a chance?

cheers,

Chris