[Zope] Tracking Mailing Lists with Zope.

[S Shah]

Sorry, something I am not clear about in regards to
mailing lists...

--- Paul Everitt <paul@digicool.com> wrote:
> 1) Push the emails into Zope.  Subscribe an account
> to the list.  When a
> 2) Pull the emails into Zope.  Subscribe an account
> to the list and make

I am afraid I do not understand which account is
reffered to in the phrase "subscribe an account to the
list". Does the Zope installation have some internal
email account object? I know I am missing some key
fact here. (Our mail is handled by a linux box). If I
set up an alias, and subscribe the alias to the
mailing list, WHO/WHAT am I aliasing? I am very
confused...Option 1 sounds the most appealing, but I
would appreciate any additional details anyone can
provide. (full text of all Options at end of message)

Thanks for all your assistance...converting my student
group's site to Zope is an incredible (albeit
frustrating) learning experience.

--sachin shah


--- Paul Everitt <paul@digicool.com> wrote:
> 1) Push the emails into Zope.  Subscribe an account
> to the list.  When a
> mail message comes in, get the alias to run a
> program that loads the
> email into Zope (e.g. ZClient, xml-rpc, WebDAV,
> etc.)  Advantages: the
> archive is always up to date.  Disadvantage:
> somewhat intrusive on the
> system.
> 
> 2) Pull the emails into Zope.  Subscribe an account
> to the list and make
> it available on a POP or IMAP server.  Write some
> Python (e.g. as an
> External Method) that pulls the data into Zope. 
> Advantages: can archive
> any mailbox accessible by POP or IMAP, chance of
> dropping data reduced. 
> Disadvantages: still need to write something (e.g. a
> cron job or sleeper
> thread) that notifies Zope to do the work.
> 
> 3) Keep the data out of Zope.  The "NotMail"
> unsupported product doesn't
> keep message data in Zope.  Rather, it leaves it on
> the IMAP server. 
> Searches are done using the IMAP server's search
> facility.  Advantages:
> mostly simple.  Disadvantages: throws out much of
> Zope's capability,
> slow IMAP performance (and load).

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