From 098039f344655bcb940f7cb4b626517924753540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:18:32 +0000 Subject: doc: README + INSTALL: update with -imapd info I forgot to update these when releasing 1.6 :x --- README | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index e7a8bf84..5f8a1a68 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ public-inbox - an "archives first" approach to mailing lists public-inbox implements the sharing of an email inbox via git to complement or replace traditional mailing lists. Readers may -read via NNTP, Atom feeds or HTML archives. +read via NNTP, IMAP, Atom feeds or HTML archives. public-inbox spawned around three main ideas: @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ headers. List server admins are also burdened with delivery failures. public-inbox uses the "pull" model. Casual readers may -follow the list via NNTP, Atom feed or HTML archives. +follow the list via NNTP, IMAP, Atom feed or HTML archives. If a reader loses interest, they simply stop following. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Features * stores email in git, readers may have a complete archive of the inbox -* Atom feed and NNTP allows casual readers to follow via feed reader +* Atom feed, IMAP, NNTP allows casual readers to follow via local tools * uses only well-documented and easy-to-implement data formats @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Try it out now, see https://try.public-inbox.org/ Requirements for reading: -* any software capable of NNTP or following Atom feeds +* any software capable of IMAP, NNTP or following Atom feeds Any basic web browser will do for the HTML archives. We primarily develop on w3m to maximize accessibility. @@ -114,15 +114,19 @@ subscription. This also makes it easier to rope in folks of tangentially related projects we depend on (e.g. git developers on git@vger.kernel.org). -The archives are readable via NNTP or HTTP: +The archives are readable via IMAP, NNTP or HTTP: - nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta + nntps://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta + imaps://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0 https://public-inbox.org/meta/ +AUTH=ANONYMOUS is supported for IMAP, but any username + password works + And as Tor hidden services: http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/ nntp://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta + imap://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0 You may also clone all messages via git: -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7