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The team at OnlineGroups.Net is pleased to announce the release of
GroupServer 11.07 — Frozen Yoghurt Accompanied by Carols. Frozen
Yoghurt is now available from:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/

Changes in this release include a new stylesheet for mobile devices,
and a new converter for HTML-formatted messages. The the release notes
contain more details on the changes that have been made:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/release_notes/

We believe that GroupServer has the ease of use of web based groups such
as Google Groups, the administrative freedom of mailing list managers
such as Mailman, and the developer-freedom of open source software with
the GPL Licence. A feature comparison is available:

    http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/

We are now looking forward to the next release: GroupServer 11.08 —
Banana Split Eaten in a Comfortable Silence. Details of what we are
planning in each release can be seen on the GroupServer Trac site:

    https://projects.iopen.net/groupserver/roadmap

If you wish to report a bug, please do so here:

    http://groupserver.org/reportbug

We would love to hear what you think about GroupServer, you can email
us at:

    <email obscured>>

We would like to thank Le Coyote and Alice for their helpful suggestions
and testing. We would also like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the
e-Democracy.org project <http://e-democracy.org> in making GroupServer
releases possible.

If you would like to have features added to GroupServer, are unable to
contribute technically, but have the means to contribute financially,
the team at OnlineGroups.Net would love to hear from you. We are
able to help with both generic GroupServer improvements as well as
bespoke GroupServer development and deployment for your organisation,
including web design. We can also provide setup assistance, including
remote hands support.

If you wish to try GroupServer in a hosted enviroment without
installing, and with the benefit of all the latest features, please
try OnlineGroups.Net at:

    http://onlinegroups.net

We hope you enjoy the new release as much as we have enjoyed bringing
it to you!

Kind regards,

  Michael JasonSmith
  Usability Engineer
  OnlineGroups.Net

The team at OnlineGroups.Net is pleased to announce the release of
GroupServer 11.05 — Eskimo Pie with Middle Class Guilt. Eskimo Pie
is now available from:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/

Changes in this release concentrate on the new ability to request
membership of a private group. The the release notes contain more
details on the changes that have been made:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/release_notes/

We believe that GroupServer has the ease of use of web based groups such
as Google Groups, the administrative freedom of mailing list managers
such as Mailman, and the developer-freedom of open source software with
the GPL Licence. A feature comparison is available:

    http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/

We are now looking forward to the next release: GroupServer 11.06 —
Soft Serve from Mr Whippy. Details of what we are planning in each
release can be seen on the GroupServer Trac site:

    https://projects.iopen.net/groupserver/roadmap

If you wish to report a bug, please do so here:

    http://groupserver.org/reportbug

We would love to hear what you think about GroupServer, you can email
us at:

    <email obscured>>

We would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the e-Democracy.org
project <http://e-democracy.org> in making GroupServer releases possible.

If you would like to have features added to GroupServer, are unable to
contribute technically, but have the means to contribute financially,
the team at OnlineGroups.Net would love to hear from you. We are
able to help with both generic GroupServer improvements as well as
bespoke GroupServer development and deployment for your organisation,
including web design. We can also provide setup assistance, including
remote hands support.

If you wish to try GroupServer in a hosted enviroment without
installing, and with the benefit of all the latest features, please
try OnlineGroups.Net at:

    http://onlinegroups.net

We hope you enjoy the new release as much as we have enjoyed bringing
it to you!

Kind regards,

  Michael JasonSmith
  Usability Engineer
  OnlineGroups.Net

The team at OnlineGroups.Net is pleased to announce the release of
GroupServer 11.03 — Pineapple Snow at a Child's Party. Pineapple Snow
is now available from:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/

Changes in this release concentrate on a new Change Email Settings
page. The the release notes contain more details on the changes that
have been made:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/release_notes/

We believe that GroupServer has the ease of use of web based groups such
as Google Groups, the administrative freedom of mailing list managers
such as Mailman, and the developer-freedom of open source software
with the GPL Licence. A feature comparison is available:

    http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/

We are now looking forward to the next release: GroupServer 11.04 —
Slushy Followed by a Pounding Headache. Details of what we are planning
in each release can be seen on the GroupServer Trac site:

    https://projects.iopen.net/groupserver/roadmap

If you wish to report a bug, please do so here:

    http://groupserver.org/reportbug

We would love to hear what you think about GroupServer, you can email
us at:

    <email obscured>>

We would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the e-Democracy.org
project <http://e-democracy.org> in making GroupServer releases possible.

If you would like to have features added to GroupServer, are unable to
contribute technically, but have the means to contribute financially,
the team at OnlineGroups.Net would love to hear from you. We are
able to help with both generic GroupServer improvements as well as
bespoke GroupServer development and deployment for your organisation,
including web design. We can also provide setup assistance, including
remote hands support.

If you wish to try GroupServer in a hosted enviroment without
installing, and with the benefit of all the latest features, please
try OnlineGroups.Net at:

    http://onlinegroups.net

We hope you enjoy the new release as much as we have enjoyed bringing
it to you!

Kind regards,

  Michael JasonSmith
  Usability Engineer
  OnlineGroups.Net

The team at OnlineGroups.Net is pleased to announce the release of
GroupServer 11.01 — Baked Alaska with an Eye on the Soviets. Baked
Alaska is now available from:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/

Changes in this release concentrate on the email-address verification
subsystem. The the release notes contain more details on the changes
that have been made:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/release_notes/

We believe that GroupServer has the ease of use of web based groups such
as Google Groups, the administrative freedom of mailing list managers
such as Mailman, and the developer-freedom of open source software
with the GPL Licence. A feature comparison is available:

    http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/

We are now looking forward to the next release: GroupServer 11.02 —
Tartufo Nibbled in Polite Company. Details of what we are planning in
each release can be seen on the GroupServer Trac site:

    https://projects.iopen.net/groupserver/roadmap

If you wish to report a bug, please do so here:

    http://groupserver.org/reportbug

We would love to hear what you think about GroupServer, you can email
us at:

    <email obscured>>

We would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the e-Democracy.org
project <http://e-democracy.org> in making GroupServer releases possible.

If you would like to have features added to GroupServer, are unable to
contribute technically, but have the means to contribute financially,
the team at OnlineGroups.Net would love to hear from you. We are
able to help with both generic GroupServer improvements as well as
bespoke GroupServer development and deployment for your organisation,
including web design. We can also provide setup assistance, including
remote hands support.

If you wish to try GroupServer in a hosted enviroment without
installing, and with the benefit of all the latest features, please
try OnlineGroups.Net at:

    http://onlinegroups.net

We hope you enjoy the new release as much as we have enjoyed bringing
it to you!

Kind regards,

  Michael JasonSmith
  Usability Engineer
  OnlineGroups.Net

The team at OnlineGroups.Net is pleased to announce the release of
GroupServer 10.11 — Kulfi Craved while Caving. Kulfi is now available
from:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/

Changes in this release include a clearer group properties page, a more
flexible delivery settings page, a simplified start a group process,
a new group homepage about tab, easier management of a group member,
set password enhancements and notification updates. The the release
notes contain more details on the changes that have been made:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/release_notes/

We believe that GroupServer is competitive with both web based groups
such as Google Groups, but also provides the administrative freedom of
Open Source mailing list managers such as Mailman. A feature comparison
is available:

    http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/

We are now looking forward to the next release: Lemon Ice in the Cool
of the Evening. Details of what we are planning in each release can be
seen on the GroupServer Trac site:

    https://projects.iopen.net/groupserver/roadmap

If you wish to report a bug, please do so here:

   http://groupserver.org/reportbug

We would love to hear what you think about GroupServer, you can email
us at:

    <email obscured>

We would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the e-Democracy.org
project <http://e-democracy.org> in making GroupServer releases possible.

If you would like to have features added to GroupServer, are unable to
contribute technically, but have the means to contribute financially,
the team at OnlineGroups.Net would love to hear from you. We are
able to help with both generic GroupServer improvements as well as
bespoke GroupServer development and deployment for your organisation,
including web design. We can also provide setup assistance, including
remote hands support.

If you wish to try GroupServer in a hosted enviroment without
installing, and with the benefit of all the latest features, please
try OnlineGroups.Net at:

    http://onlinegroups.net

We hope you enjoy the new release as much as we have enjoyed bringing
it to you!

Kind regards,

  Michael JasonSmith
  Usability Engineer
  OnlineGroups.Net

The team at OnlineGroups.Net is pleased to announce the release of
GroupServer 10.09 — Spaghettieis with a Wafer of Confusion. Spaghettieis
is now available from:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/

Changes in this release include a major overhaul of group invitations,
as well as join and leave. The management of members has also been
overhauled at infrastructure level. The most visible change is
the addition of a new sharing mechanism for linking posts to social
media. Finally, the Site introduction has been tweaked to use WYSIWIG
editor. The the release notes contain more details on the changes that
have been made:

    http://groupserver.org/downloads/release_notes/

We believe that GroupServer is competitive with both web based groups
such as Google Groups, but also provides the administrative freedom of
Open Source mailing list managers such as Mailman. A feature comparison
is available:

    http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/

While this release has concentrated on improving the administration of
groups, the next release — Gelato while Viewing the Sites — will
look at the group homepage and improvements to group administration.
The roadmap for GroupServer has been changed since the previous
release of GroupServer. We are now aiming to make smaller releases more
frequently. Details of what we are planning in each release can be seen
on the GroupServer Trac site:

    https://projects.iopen.net/groupserver/roadmap

If you wish to report a bug, please do so here:

   http://groupserver.org/reportbug

We would love to hear what you think about GroupServer, you can email
us at:

    <email obscured>

We would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the e-Democracy.org
project <http://e-democracy.org> in making GroupServer releases possible.

If you would like to have features added to GroupServer, are unable to
contribute technically, but have the means to contribute financially,
the team at OnlineGroups.Net would love to hear from you. We are
able to help with both generic GroupServer improvements as well as
bespoke GroupServer development and deployment for your organisation,
including web design. We can also provide setup assistance, including
remote hands support.

If you wish to try GroupServer in a hosted enviroment without
installing, and with the benefit of all the latest features, please
try OnlineGroups.Net at:

    http://onlinegroups.net

We hope you enjoy the new release as much as we have enjoyed bringing
it to you!

Kind regards,

  Michael JasonSmith
  Usability Engineer
  OnlineGroups.Net

I am delighted to announce the release of GroupServer 1.0β, Semifreddo as a
Late Night Snack. Semifreddo has most of the main features working, and most of
the known problems resolved. Semifreddo powers all of OnlineGroups.Net's live
sites,
  http://groupserver.org/groupserver/sites/
and is available for free download.
  http://groupserver.org/downloads/

We are closer than ever to our goals of providing a mailing list manager with
an integrated web interface like Google Groups, and the administrative freedom
that you get with open source MLMs like Mailman. We think GroupServer compares
pretty well with both Mailman and Google Groups.
  http://groupserver.org/groupserver/features/
We'd love to hear what you think about that.
  <email obscured>

Here is a summary of changes since the last release.

- All of the serious problems have been solved (plenty of less serious ones
remain, of course).

- The new user registration process has been streamlined to improve usability.
  http://groupserver.org/r/post/7jc60p4jCcYc2NzlJKJgWC

- The system for inviting group members to join group has been completely
overhauled.
  http://groupserver.org/r/post/7cGhVMkUckhPudIrcmyb5Z

- The installation process, using Buildout, has been smoothed out and
documented.
  http://groupserver.org/downloads/install/

- The display of posted images in the web interface has been improved, to
provide thumbnails, and a browseable image gallery.
  http://groupserver.org/r/post/WVfuwiR4ighCPR2Dwe852

- The web posting UI now shows users exactly who will be able to see their
post.
  http://groupserver.org/r/topic/46y9ifDVRTBc6vxf5nWEdK

- Auditing has been added to a number of interfaces so that actions such as
logging in, and setting a password are logged.

- The content management system, using http://www.wymeditor.org, has been
improved, and now supports permissions and version-management.
  http://groupserver.org/r/topic/5q1BxifW5i0Y7vCq0GLIzv

- Email addresses are now disguised in the web interface for topics.

- A great many small enhancements have been made, and an even greater number of
small bugs have been fixed.

- The GroupServer code repository has been moved to Mercurial. The code is now
supplied from a repository of Python "eggs", to help maintain your GroupServer
installation in an incremental fashion. Occasional Zope-side changes will need
to be manually deployed.

As always, we invite you to download
  http://groupserver.org/downloads/
and install
  http://groupserver.org/downloads/install
GroupServer, to ask questions about GroupServer Administration,
  http://groupserver.org/groups/groupserver_admin
to participate in development
  http://groupserver.org/groupserver/development/
or simply to let us know your feedback.
  <email obscured>

cheers,

Dan

--

Dan Randow
Chief Wrangler
OnlineGroups.Net
+64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928
409 Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St, Christchurch
PO Box 739, Christchurch, 8140
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
http://onlinegroups.net
http://groupserver.org
http://twitter.com/danrandow
Skype: vonrandow

Well. Finally we're announcing the GroupServer 1.0 alpha release: Cream
Freeze at the Beach. If it seems like it's been a long time since the
last release... it has. The previous release was April 10th 2006.

To try it out right away, you can find the buildout here:

   http://www.groupserver.org/downloads/

I'll give a rundown on what's changed, but first I think a bit of
background on why the release has taken us so long is in order.

The previous release was pretty good, but it was quite difficult to
test, and had dependencies on a lot of 'through-the-web' code and
templates (code stored in an object database, for those not familiar
with Zope). This made it tricky to provide an upgrade path, and
customisation for our different clients wasn't the easiest thing either.

So we held back the release till we could get to the stage where
upgrading was possible (because it's in our best interest for people to
be able to upgrade to the latest version as easily as possible), and the
code base allowed us to easily integrate changes from contributors.

Obviously in all this time we've made other changes to the system. The
one word summary of what has changed could be "Everything". Here is a
longer version, in no particular order:

- Much of the system data (but not yet all) is now stored in a
relational database.

- Still using Zope 2, but with extensive work undertaken to shift
towards Zope 3 using the Five bridge.

- The XML/XSLT processing framework has been all but completely removed
from GroupServer. This was an interesting idea that was, for the most
part, somewhat premature.

- Performance has improved at least an order of magnitude in every area,
and in some cases several orders of magnitude.

- Many, many bugfixes and refactorings have occurred -- over 2900
revisions since the last release, including crushing some particularly
annoying unicode bugs.

- Chat feature -- a simple, AJAX based web chat client.

- Skinnable using Zope 3 style skins

- Complete rebuild of the message rendering interface, using search,
AJAX for progressive rendering.

- A huge number of other interface refinements, and many more management
screens

- Replaced the underlying javascript library. Twice. (now using jQuery:
http://www.jquery.com)

- Site and user-configurable timezones with support for Daylight Saving
Time

- Total rewrite of the registration, email verification and user
profiles

- The beginnings of a content management framework -- more of this will
land before the beta release (based on WYMEditor:
http://www.wymeditor.org -- an awesome editor)

- Refined bounce handler

- More extensive logging of user actions

- Group participation statistics

- Rewritten file library, now using search and fully integrating files
with messages

- Completely new search framework

- Keywording of emails to produce automatic email summaries

- More atom feeds

- New redirection framework to allow shorter links to several types of
content

- Buildout based environment, making it easier to get a consistent
development (and production) environment

You can find more information about the direction of GroupServer here:

   http://www.groupserver.org/groupserver/roadmap/

As always, we are open to bribery when it comes to our roadmap -- Beer,
Vodka and Money all work particularly well.

At this stage we want feedback, bugfixes, feedback, documentation and
feedback. Feedback would also be good.

If you'd like to participate in the development process (encouraged!)
we have two groups:

GroupServer Development (discussion about new features, improvements to
existing features, general ideas):

   http://www.groupserver.org/groups/development

GroupServer Team (invitation or by request only, for those with commit
access):

   http://www.groupserver.org/groups/groupserver_team

This release has primarily been supported by:

   Advanced Business Education Limited
   http://www.abel.ac.nz/about/abel

   E-Democracy.org Forums
   http://forums.e-democracy.org/

   Onlinegroups.net
   http://www.onlinegroups.net

An extra special plug for OnlineGroups.net, without whom releasing
GroupServer would not be possible -- Start your free hosted GroupServer
public site today at http://onlinegroups.net/sites/start_a_site/

--
Richard Waid
Technical Lead
Onlinegroups.net

Greetings:

Finally GroupServer 0.9 is out. The release isn't polished. It might not
even install (but we hope it does)!

   http://groupserver.org/news?id=59  (follow for download links)

There are many changes (hundreds probably) in this release, these are
some of the highlights:

---

General Changes:
* Zope 2.9 now required
* Zope side installation simplified with an 'installer' product
* Numerous small changes, tidyups and fixes
* A user manual (for users, not administrators)

UI Changes:

* We have icons! (with thanks to the Tango project!)
* Atom feeds more prominent
* A completely new (and currently quite basic) files area, based
  around search
* Email posting forms supressed for users who are blocked
  (or over their posting limit)
* Completely reworked 'homepage' for logged in users
* Better search
* Many, many, many changes to overall UI

Email:

* Option to moderate new users
* Post from web much faster

---

We encourage those who are brave to download this release and let us know
about any problems. We do not offer any backward compatibility between this
and earlier releases, though Michael JasonSmith of onlinegroups.net has
done a preliminary migration guide. I'm sure he'll post the link in due
course :)

This release also coincides with my birthday. Yay for me.


Happy (Bug) Hunting,

Richard.

Hi All,

We have just implemented a new feature that displays the image of the
sender of each post (if they have an image). Check this topic online for
an example (but it looks much better in a topic with lots of posts from
people with photos).

You can upload your own image now, too, so if you have one, please do.

We expect that these features will be included in the final stable
release of GroupServer 0.1, which we hope to release soon.

cheers

Dan

--

Dan Randow, GroupSense Ltd
:: Online Collaboration ::
ph +64-3-377-5377 +64-27-431-4928
Kenton Chmbrs, 190 Hereford St
PO Box 739, Christchurch
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
http://groupsense.co.nz
http://groupserver.org
skype: vonrandow