Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Announcement: TULP 3.0.1 (mailing list manager) for Unix
Summary: TULP is a listserv-like application running on Unix stations

                The Unix Listserv Program - TULP

                 Version 3.0.1 - November 1992


TULP is a mailing-lists manager.  It implements a subset of the commands of
the well known LISTSERV, used mainly in the Bitnet world.  It can  also  be
used, in a very limited manner, as a mail-server for text archives.

This version brings many  improvements to the 2.00 released last June  (see
below).

TULP allows an easy management of mailing-lists.  Once their are created by
the   TULP-manager,  users  can  subscribe,   signoff,  get  the   list  of
subscribers, or retrieve  past articles  by sending mail  to  an  automatic
sofware,  typically  listserv@node.dom.ain.  The  implemented commands  are
really  close  to  the  syntax  used  on  Bitnet-Listserv  running  on  IBM
mainframes.  Note  that  there is  *no*  connection  between  the  original
listserv running on IBM mainframes and TULP.

Each list can have several attributes:

+ Multiple list status: public, private, moderated.

+ List of owners an an editor.

+ Mutliple "review" status: public, private, owners.

+ Multiple subscription schemes: public, owners, closed.

+ Messages numbering (optional).

+ Messages archival (on a monthly basis, optional).

TULP  is interfaced with  the Sendmail MTA  in the  released version but it
should also be easily adaptable to other mail transport agents.

TULP has successfully been tested and  is currently  already in  production
under following systems:

        AIX 3.1 & 3.2
	A/UX 3
        HP-UX 8.0
        SunOS 4.1
        SVR4 3.0

TULP is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

The package  is available  by anonymous  ftp  at  several  places.  If  you
decide  to  put the  package and  its updates  available by  anonymous ftp, 
please drop me a note so that I can add your site name to the documentation.

--- Author's sites -------------------------------------------------

Anonymous ftp to grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr 		[134.214.100.25]
   /pub/unix/mail/listserv/tulp-3.0.1.tar.Z

Anonymous ftp to lut.fi               		[157.24.10.8]
   /pub/tulp/tulp-3.0.1.tar.Z

--- Other shadowing sites ------------------------------------------

Anonymous ftp to nic.funet.fi         		[128.214.6.100]
   /pub/unix/mail/servers/tulp-3.0.1.tar.Z

Anonymous ftp to ftphost.comp.vuw.ac.nz		[130.195.5.12]
   /pub/mail/tulp-3.0.1.tar.Z

Anonymous ftp to ftp.vifp.monash.edu.au         [130.194.124.128]
   /pub/src/mail/tulp-3.0.1.tar.Z

Anonymous ftp to ftp.zrz.tu-berlin.de 		[130.149.4.50]
   /pub/mail/server/tulp/tulp-3.0.1.tar.Z

If you don't have anonymous ftp access you can retrieve the package through
e-mail by sending the following command to <listserv@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr>:

GET TULP tulp-3.0.1.uue

An uuencoded file will be sent  to  you.   Note that the command must be in
the body of your message, not in the subject.

If you wish  to be  informed of releases of new versions or patches you may 
subscribe  to  the  "tulp-dist"  mailing  list.  To  do  so,  send  a  mail 
to <listserv@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr> with a command like:

sub tulp-dist Firstname Lastname

The  command must not be in the  subject of the mail but in the body of the 
message.  This list will only be informed of new released, discussion about
about TULP goes to the list described below.

A discussion list for TULP and listservs for  Unix in general  also exists.
The list  name  is  <listnix@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr>.  If  you wish to  join,
commands must be sent to listserv@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr:

Example:
SUB listnix Chris Wolfhugel

Any questions/comments are welcome by mail or to the list.

Modifications  since  release  2.00: mainly a design change in how the mail
is delivered and handled as well as some bugfixes and cleanup work.

Kimmo Suominen   <Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi>
Chris Wolfhugel  <Christophe.Wolfhugel@univ-lyon1.fr>
