[Search-l] Wikia Press Release on search project

[Nathan Braun]

On 5/7/07, EVANS, KENNETH (WOODY) <KENNETH.EVANS at tccd.edu> wrote:
>
> How does an open source e-mail project work, and how do you integrate it
> with Search Wikia?
>

Exactly!  That's what I came to this list for, to see.

That's what I'm sort of wondering, if it is even a possibility - or
something desirable, worth pursuing (under such a framework)?
Do they even fit together?  Or am I deluded in thinking so??
As for how the actual infrastructure and architecture of such a program
would work, I assume would be facilitated by the following standard open
source devices:
- a mailing list
- SVN repository (for versioning/source control)
- some decent starting code (which we have)
- and a Wiki, of course!
as per my very initial preamble/start here:
http://www.litepost.com/nathanized (not released yet, "for your eyes only")

I am just thinking of it mainly as an "open source alternative to Gmail" --
for people who feel uncomfortable with Google (or another large company like
that) handling all their private information.  It would be ideal, of course,
if such a project were sponsored/adopted/spun-off by Wikia, or another
similar organization.

And why Litepost rather than… Brand X?
>
It doesn't have to be Litepost, per se. I just have some decent code
developed that I don't really know what I want to do with....

Also, I don't know of any really good open source emails... do you?   (The
only decent - although also unfinished - one I know of is Roundcube Webmail,
and they're currently only IMAP-based:
http://roundcube.net/
(Litepost is currently POP though, so we're naturally interested merging the
two projects as well...)

I really don't know if a 'wiki-based,' or wiki-affiliated email makes
sense.  That's just what I was attempting to gauge here - Wiki certainly
espouses most of the ideals and principles (ie collaboration + transparency)
we hope to aim for, I think. I am not 100% certain of the most appropriate
avenue for us to take at this point in time, although I am certainly
committed to open source ideals..

I think there would potentially be a definite and possibly wide market for
an (versatile, flexible, open source and extensible) email platform though,
I'm just not exactly sure how to go about it and pursue it properly.  I was
hoping that, out of anyone, this group might be able to point in me in some
useful new direction(s).  (I am certainly not interested in conventional
marketing, branding, product-pitching, that kind of thing...)

NB
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