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Subject: Re: Majordomo 1.94 Beta 2 ready.
From: Daniel R Ehrlich <ehrlich @ cse . psu . edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 17:12:18 EDT
To: Chan Wilson <cwilson @ slurp . neu . sgi . com>
Cc: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 20 Sep 1996 22:10:35 +0200. <199609202010.WAA15540@slurp.neu.sgi.com>

>Looks like the end is near!  Most of the fixes were documentation
>related.  Further removal of hardcoded sendmail, additional
>improvements to config-test, more debug output, less 'make' output.  A
>&glob routine in majordomo.pl, currently used in resend, and spiff new
>digest documentation from Kevin!
>
>Give it a whirl!  If nothing more than documentation issues show up in
>the next week or so, let's call it a release!  (I'll fix the doc
>issues, naturally.)
>
>Detailed changes between beta 1 and beta 2:
>
>   INSTALL
>   	defined $mailer and $bounce_mailer better.
>   LICENSE
>   	new version from brent.
>   Makefile
>   	cleanup so it doesn't spit out reams of stuff, just summaries.
>   	standardized on () instead of {}
>   	fixed the death if perl can't be found.
>   	cleanup -- removed resend.README, moved new-list,
>   	cleans up the "Make what?" question, and tidies up a few
>   		other things.
>   README
>   	tweaked the Other Documentation area a bit.
>   bounce
>   	removed sendmail hardcoded -- $MAILER is defined at top.
>   bounce-remind
>   	removed hardcoded sendmail, other mailer cleanup
>   config-test
>   	added lockfile check, as well as $mailer and $bounce_mailer checks.
>   config_parse.pl
>   	calls main'abort instead of abort.
>   majordomo
>   	yet more debug stuff, tidying up of $mailer,
>   	and some gentle hacking in the index code.
>   	also a slight tweak to gen_cookie, per Joe Pruett's suggestion.
>   majordomo.pl
>   	added new &glob routine.
>   request-answer
>   	small typo.
>   	more cleanup of $mailer.
>   resend
>   	clarifies bounce message from a bad file in restrict_post.
>   	more cleanup of $mailer.
>   	also uses new &glob routine instead of built-in <*>,
>   	that apparently causes too many problems.
>   sample.cf
>   	fixes typos.
>   	added -oi to $mailer and $bounce_mailer.
>   	small tidying up.
>   	$bounce_mailer  should have -t defined.
>   README
>   	updated for the FAQs
>   README-digest
>   	an updated readme file for digesting, yum.
>   majordomo-faq.html
>   	html version of majordomo faq
>   quick-digest-setup
>   	90 seconds to digesting?
>   digest.1
>   	yet another rev from Kevin.
>   	documented -R and -p options.
>
>
>Available from the usual places:
>
>        ftp://ftp-europe.sgi.com/other/majordomo/majordomo-1.94b2.tgz
>        ftp://ftp.sgi.com/other/majordomo/majordomo-1.94b2.tgz
>
>Patch, as usual:
>
>        ftp://ftp-europe.sgi.com/other/majordomo/a9tob2.patch.gz
>        ftp://ftp.sgi.com/other/majordomo/a9tob2.patch.gz

There is no a9tob2.patch.gz on ftp.sgi.com.

-- Dan

>
>Plus the above changelog as b2_changes.
>
>--Chan
>	 Chan Wilson  ---  cwilson@sgi.com  ---  +4138-433-760
>	      Silicon Graphics, SA.  Cortaillod, Switzerland.
>     "Network Analyst"  &&  Irix Guru  &&  Gravitational Engineer
>




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