[ZDP] Searchable archive of mailing lists

[Alexandre Ratti]

Hello,


Isn't one of you working on a similar project (getting the Zope archives 
into a searchables system)? If yes, you may want to take a look at the 
recent ZPT list archives ("Re: [Zope-PTK] hats off" thread).


Cheers.

Alexandre


 > > Paul Everitt wrote:
> > Come to think of it, here's another app someone could finish and host:
> > searchable archive of the mailing lists.  We whipped one up as the demo
> > content for the CD-ROM we gave out.  If someone is interested, let me
> > know.
>
>I have Mailbag product which is partway along -- I have been refactoring it to
>use Python base classes, with ZClasses layered on top to plug them into Zope.
>The Python is "Zope agnostic": it just uses the 'rfc822' and 'mailbox' modules
>to parse messages and mailboxes.  I went this route to make it possible to run
>unit tests at the command line, which I see as an important element of a 
>robust
>design (the "power-on self test" kind of thing.)  This bit is mostly done.
>
>I haven't looked yet at the demo CD -- perhaps my stuff is 
>redundant.  Anyway, I
>can't host it under the PTK until CodeIt upgrades their Zopes to 2.1.x 
>(and I'd
>have to buy more space from them, no doubt). ;)  Somebody needs to work on a
>program, using ZClient and callable from procmail, to invoke the
>manage_addMessage on the appropriate folder when mail comes in, too.
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