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MajorCool: A Web Interface to Majordomo
Bill Houle, NCR Corporation
Majordomo is a popular mailing list manager and auto-responder that is administered via embedded e-mail commands. The mail-based command structure and side-effects introduced by the behavior of certain mail agents can sometimes cause problems for novice users. By its very design, Majordomo has always lacked a GUI tool to help simplify its usage for non-power users. However, with the World Wide Web providing the perfect foundation, it may be an appropriate time for just such an application.
MajorCool is a CGI application that provides Majordomo mailing list configuration and subscriber management via WWW. Unlike other Web-to-mailinglist interfaces currently available, MajorCool is uniquely different. It supports administrative as well as end-user functions, and, rather than simply generating e-mail requests, interacts directly with Majordomo files wherever possible. Developed for Majordomo 1.93, MajorCool was written in Perl 4.036 and has been successfully implemented under NCSA httpd 1.4 and 1.5.
author = {Bill Houle},
title = {{MajorCool}: A Web Interface to Majordomo},
booktitle = {USENIX 10th Systems Administration Conference (LISA 96)},
year = {1996},
address = {Chicago, IL},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa-96/majorcool-web-interface-majordomo},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = sep
}
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