Announcements of new sympa release

[Aumont <>]

Hi 

Sympa 3.0 alpha test  version is availible at www.sympa.org.


          3.0 is a major release of Sympa. It include a lot of changes
          but no significant uncompatible changes. The 3 major new features
          are :
               -list configuration edition. At last !!!
               -S/MIME encryption and HTTPS authentication
               -Shared web space for each list.

Here is the release note part related to  new features.

     New features:

          S/MIME : Sympa now can be configured to distribute encrypted 
messages
          (need a email certificate for the list). It also sign welcome 
message
          comming from a list (in order to distribute the list certificate).
          HTTPS authentication can be used with user certificate. In this case
          no login form is needed at all.

          "edit_list" action in WWSympa : a important change in internal
          data structure for list configuration. You must check that 
sympa.sympa
          has write access on config files.

          Shared web features set. This developpement from Sophie Le Floch
           is intended for new groupware features
          in WWSympa.
          
  ****    New design for web navigation. All web templates are changed. 3.0a
  ****    include ONLY us web templates. Of course 3.0 release will contain
          previous french and spanish translation. Translators are invited to 
take
          contact with us.


          New parameters in "include_ldap_query" paragraph :
             o attrs  (default 'mail') attribute
             containing the email address(es)
             o select  (default 'first') if the query
             returns multiple values, do we keep the first one or all of them

          Add a protection at the entrance of archives. If the user is
          not identified, he/she has to click a button to access archives.

          New parameter "visibility" for a topic in topics.conf
          It refers to "topics_visibility" scenario

          Check Message-IDs to avoid loops.

          "default_user_options" now applied to included users.
          
          Importing lists to 'database' mode can be performed using
          WWSympa. All you have to do is edit the list config (in WWSympa)
          and change the user_data_source from 'file' to 'database'.


Serge Aumont & Olivier Salaün
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