Hi,

I have put together a proof-of-concept UI to Mailman using Zope. It currently implements two functions: viewing a list of lists and creating a new list. I am announcing this to the developers' list: o to see if there is interest in using Zope / Plone as the basis for a user interface o to enquire about how I might best continue this work.

I created the prototype to start exploring whether Plone and Mailman could be integrated to support a community organisation I'm working with. In particular, I wanted participants to be able to: o manage their mailing list subscriptions through Plone o view mailing list messages through Plone, email or RSS o send messages to mailing lists by email or Plone.

The implementation comprises a Zope product, a bridge, and a server that provides access to Mailman functions. I'm currently using Corba for the bridge as I'm not familiar with REST - but I am planning to transfer to the REST interface as its implementation develops. The interface (around five entries) provides access to Mailman functions to list mailing lists, create a mailing list and list available languages. Additional functions are defined to check the arguments used to create a new list - these functions are used by the ZPT page to display errors needing correction to the end user.

Your advice and comments are requested. I have read through previous discussions and documents about the web interface in the mailing lists and on the developers' wiki.

Regards, Daniel.