Lamson Project(TM)

Lamson Project(TM)http://lamsonproject.orgLamson The Python SMTP Server and FrameworkWed, 07 Jul 2010 07:32:36 GMTPyRSS2Gen-1.0.0http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssLamson 1.0, BSD or GPL Licensedhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2010-07-07.html<h2><a href="/blog/2010-07-07.html">2010-07-07</a> : Lamson 1.0, BSD or GPL Licensed</h2> <p> <p>Someone suggested that I post a blog post announcing the release of Lamson 1.0.<br />You can go grab the latest using your favorite method, and then I also gave everyone<br />a present by releasing Lamson <span class="caps">BSD</span> or <span class="caps">GPL</span> licensed. This means you can use it for<br />either type of project.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2010-07-07.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2010-07-07.htmlWed, 07 Jul 2010 07:19:44 GMTLamson 1.0pre11 Out, Minor Bug Fixes, One Crashhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-12-20.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-12-20.html">2009-12-20</a> : Lamson 1.0pre11 Out, Minor Bug Fixes, One Crash</h2> <p> <p>I just pushed out Lamson 1.0pre11, which has the following changes:</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-12-20.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-12-20.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTSmall Lamson 1.0pre10 Updatehttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-12-13.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-12-13.html">2009-12-13</a> : Small Lamson 1.0pre10 Update</h2> <p> <p>There was a very minor one line fix that corrects a fairly obnoxious bug<br />in Lamson due to my not understanding how <i>nonzero</i> works.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-12-13.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-12-13.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 1.0pre9 Is Outhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-12-12.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-12-12.html">2009-12-12</a> : Lamson 1.0pre9 Is Out</h2> <p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: This used to be an announce for 1.0pre8, but python-daemon apparently has a bug that makes it not honor<br />the <span class="caps">TERM</span> signal (still) so I had to go back to <span class="caps">HUP</span>.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-12-12.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-12-12.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTQuick Lamson 1.0pre6 Release, More This Weekendhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-09-26.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-09-26.html">2009-09-26</a> : Quick Lamson 1.0pre6 Release, More This Weekend</h2> <p> <p>I put up a quick release of Lamson that fixes a bug in the gen project prototype.<br />I recently switched all the domain names being used in the test suite to “localhost” or<br />a similar nonexistant domain name. Why? Well, because some people liked to run<br />the Lamson test suite or their fresh project test suite against a <strong>live</strong> <span class="caps">SMTP</span><br />server. The test suite would “send” mail to test@test.com and my own <br />address, under the assumption that people would use the <code>lamson log</code> test server.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-09-26.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-09-26.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 1.0pre5 Outhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-09-07.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-09-07.html">2009-09-07</a> : Lamson 1.0pre5 Out</h2> <p> <p>I just pushed Lamson 1.0pre5 to PyPI for your enjoyment:</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-09-07.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-09-07.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 1.0pre4 Out, Lots Of Docs Done, 100% Coveragehttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-08-22.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-08-22.html">2009-08-22</a> : Lamson 1.0pre4 Out, Lots Of Docs Done, 100% Coverage</h2> <p> <p>I happy to announce probably one of the last few releases before<br />I officially put the 1.0 stamp on Lamson. This last 1% of the things<br />I want to do takes a while, but it really puts a good shine on the <br />project.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-08-22.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-08-22.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 1.0pre2, HTML Email, Standalonehttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-08-03.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-08-03.html">2009-08-03</a> : Lamson 1.0pre2, HTML Email, Standalone</h2> <p> <p>Lamson 1.0pre2 features two features that might signal the end of the beginning or<br />the beginning of the end, depending on your perspective: <span class="caps">HTML</span> Email and Lamson Standalone.<br /><span class="caps">HTML</span> Email support comes from a new module <br /><a href="http://lamsonproject.org/docs/api/lamson.html-module.html">lamson.html</a> that gives a nice template<br />method to send out <span class="caps">HTML</span> to victims…uh…customers. Lamson Standalone will be a way<br />to run Lamson as your customized email server instead of another server like Postfix.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-08-03.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-08-03.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 1.0pre1 Releasedhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-20.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-07-20.html">2009-07-20</a> : Lamson 1.0pre1 Released</h2> <p> <p>Tonight I’m releasing Lamson 1.0pre1 with all the latest improvements I’ve made while<br />making <a href="http://librelist.com/">librelist.com</a> and taking feedback from a few people<br />using Lamson. The goal from now on will be to basically squash bugs and write docs, with<br />only a rare feature or two as I find them needed on projects.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-07-20.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-20.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTI Blame Bounces For The Delayhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-19.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-07-19.html">2009-07-19</a> : I Blame Bounces For The Delay</h2> <p> <p>I was going to release Lamson 0.9.6 much earlier than this, but as I worked on<br />the bounce detection feature, I realized that if I just wrote that and a few<br />other cleanups and features, I’d actually have a <strong>1.0pre1</strong> candidate on my<br />hands instead of a 0.9.6 release.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-07-19.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-19.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9.6 Sometime Todayhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-14.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-07-14.html">2009-07-14</a> : Lamson 0.9.6 Sometime Today</h2> <p> <p>I think I’m at a point where bounce detection and handling works really well and is <br />ready for release. I’ve got it running on the latest Lamson demo <a href="http://librelist.com/">librelist.com</a><br />and it works. I’ll be pushing out a new release of Libre List in a little while<br />that does some advanced bounce handling, and if that all works, then I’ll push<br />out 0.9.6.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-07-14.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-14.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson's Bounce Detection Algorithmhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-09.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-07-09.html">2009-07-09</a> : Lamson's Bounce Detection Algorithm</h2> <p> <p>I just finished committing 0.9.6 code for doing bounce detection and analysis<br />with Lamson. It’s part of the new mailing list example I’m coding up for the<br />0.9.6 release which I’ll be running on a free mailing list site I’m going <br />to release soon. In this blog post I’d like to go through the bounce detection<br />algorithm and get some feedback and samples from people. So far it works great for<br />the samples I have, but I want it to be fairly bullet proof.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-07-09.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-09.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson Mailing Lists Downhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-07.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-07-07.html">2009-07-07</a> : Lamson Mailing Lists Down</h2> <p> <p>I’m making up the release of Lamson and doing some server maintenance so I took down the<br />Lamson server running the mailing lists. I’ll let everyone know when they’re back up.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-07-07.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-07.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTArticle In The Reg About Lamson (By Ted Dziuba)http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-03.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-07-03.html">2009-07-03</a> : Article In The Reg About Lamson (By Ted Dziuba)</h2> <p> <p>Just a quick update to point people at an article in <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">The Register</a> by <br /><a href="http://teddziuba.com/">Ted Dziuba</a> entitled <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/03/lamson/">Lamson – email app coding without the palm sweat: Doing what Java never did</a>. He interviewed me about Lamson, things I think you can use it for, and other fun stuffs.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-07-03.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-07-03.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9.5, The Push To 1.0http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-26.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-26.html">2009-06-26</a> : Lamson 0.9.5, The Push To 1.0</h2> <p> <p>I just released Lamson 0.9.5 with all the major Unicode refactoring done and working.<br />This is an important release because 0.9.5 is where I declare that I’m pushing to a 1.0 <br />release and the base Lamson <a href="/docs/api/">APIs</a> won’t change under penalty of death. In fact they can’t<br />change because I’m using them myself in a few applications.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-26.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-26.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMT0.9.5 Almost There, But Stumped On Templateshttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-22.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-22.html">2009-06-22</a> : 0.9.5 Almost There, But Stumped On Templates</h2> <p> <p>Since the 0.9.4 release I’ve rewritten the main part of the decoding parser <br />so that it’s much cleaner and handles more edge conditions. If there’s one <br />word that defines what makes <span class="caps">MIME</span> horrible it would be “edge”.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-22.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-22.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9.4 With Unicode Super Powershttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-20.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-20.html">2009-06-20</a> : Lamson 0.9.4 With Unicode Super Powers</h2> <p> <p>Lamson 0.9.4 is out and it’s sporting a completely rewritten and meticulously <br />crafted encoding system. With the new <a href="http://lamsonproject.org/docs/api/lamson.encoding-module.html">lamson.encoding</a> code Lamson can now decode nearly any nasty horrible encoded spam<br />or mail you hand it, turn it into pristine nice Python unicode strings, and<br />then output sweet clean ascii or utf-8 in a consistent way.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-20.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-20.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTThe Mailocalypse Is Upon Us!http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-14.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-14.html">2009-06-14</a> : The Mailocalypse Is Upon Us!</h2> <p> <p>I’m currently polishing off the two final features before I start going for<br />the Lamson 1.0 release. I’ve been using Lamson to make a few little cute applications<br />and create one thing for a potential client, and so far I haven’t had to change much<br />since 0.9.3. It’s great so far and I hope that Lamson 1.0 will be a fun release.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-14.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-14.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson At NYLUG Python Workshop Today @ 6:00PMhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-09.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-09.html">2009-06-09</a> : Lamson At NYLUG Python Workshop Today @ 6:00PM</h2> <p> <p>Just a quick reminder that I’ll be presenting <a href="http://lamsonproject.org/">Lamson</a> to the <br /><span class="caps">NYLUG</span> Python Workshop today at 6:00PM. The event is at<br />the NY Public Library Hudson Park Branch, 66 Leroy St., NY NY 10014<br />in <span class="caps">NYC</span> and you can <a href="http://nylug.org/pipermail/nylug-announce/2009-June/000795.html">find out more here.</a></p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-09.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-09.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTA Screencast And Docs On Deploying Lamson And OneShotBloghttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-08.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-08.html">2009-06-08</a> : A Screencast And Docs On Deploying Lamson And OneShotBlog</h2> <p> <p>I just finished writing some new documentation on <a href="/docs/deploying_lamson.html">Deploying Lamson and OneShotBlog</a> that<br />shows you how to install Lamson and all required software into a completely clean Python 2.6 and virtualenv configuration.<br />The instructions take you from nothing to a running <a href="http://oneshotblog.com/">oneshotblog.com</a> installation that you can <br />play with and hack on. The process of doing Lamson deployments is still a little too rough for me, but these instructions<br />should get people started.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-08.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-08.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9.3 Is Out And Sexy As Hellhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-06.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-06.html">2009-06-06</a> : Lamson 0.9.3 Is Out And Sexy As Hell</h2> <p> <p>This release is the result of me working on my little<br /><a href="http://oneshotblog.com/">oneshotblog.com</a> project while tweaking and refining<br />Lamson as I go. The end result is 0.9.3 didn’t have a lot of big code changes,<br />but all the tiny little changes add up to a very nice release. The highlights<br />of this release are more secure server runs, better character encoding handling<br />for headers, various cleanups in how mail is queued, and fixes for Python 2.6<br />support.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-06.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-06.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9.1 Out, New Docshttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-03.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-03.html">2009-06-03</a> : Lamson 0.9.1 Out, New Docs</h2> <p> <p>I released Lamson 0.9.1 today so please <a href="/download.html">grab it and test it</a> and shoot me feedback.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-03.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-03.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9.2, Test Coverage 97%http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-03-2.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-03-2.html">2009-06-03-2</a> : Lamson 0.9.2, Test Coverage 97%</h2> <p> <p>The 0.9.2 release is out and ready for everyone to easy_install. I spent the<br />day getting rid of my tech debt by boosting the Lamson test coverage to a<br />whopping 97%.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-03-2.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-03-2.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9 Is Out, Find My Bugs!http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-01.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-06-01.html">2009-06-01</a> : Lamson 0.9 Is Out, Find My Bugs!</h2> <p> I just pushed Lamson 0.9 up to PyPI for everyone to grab and break. This release features a complete redesign of the routing, state handling, templating, and a full set of very complete documentation. Everyone who was using 0.8.x series should be able to migrate to this version with some work, but it won’t be terribly painful (assuming you have unit tests).</p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-06-01.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-06-01.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:05 GMTLamson 0.9 Later Todayhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-31.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-31.html">2009-05-31</a> : Lamson 0.9 Later Today</h2> <p> <p>I have been working hard on the documentation and scrubbing the code for Lamson and the 0.9 release<br />coming out soon. The only things I feel I need to do before an official 0.9 release are:</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-31.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-31.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMT0.9-pre2 Up For Testing, Docs Toohttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-28.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-28.html">2009-05-28</a> : 0.9-pre2 Up For Testing, Docs Too</h2> <p> <p>First off, my apologies to everyone if your <span class="caps">RSS</span> reader went crazy today.<br />I include documentation changes in the <span class="caps">RSS</span> feed so that people can<br />easily track updates to the Lamson docs. However, that means when I’m<br />writing a lot of documentation it hits the feed repeatedly.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-28.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-28.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMTFeatures For The 0.9 Release (Soon)http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-24.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-24.html">2009-05-24</a> : Features For The 0.9 Release (Soon)</h2> <p> <p>I've been hard at work cooking up the very nice new routing system, and I must say it is rather tasty. I've gone and created a whole new routing and state management design that uses decorators right in your handler modules to indicate how each state will expect mail addresses. </p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-24.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-24.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMTLamson Project Ideashttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-20.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-20.html">2009-05-20</a> : Lamson Project Ideas</h2> <p> <p>I wrote a <a href="http://zedshaw.com/blog/2009-05-20.html">blog post about project ideas for Lamson</a><br />on my personal blog. Head on over if you’re looking for something to hack on, or just<br />want something to read that isn’t about the web.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-20.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-20.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMTNew Site Look, Same Great Contenthttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-19.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-19.html">2009-05-19</a> : New Site Look, Same Great Content</h2> <p> <p>This is just a quick update to say thanks to <a href="http://kenkeiter.com/">Ken Keiter</a><br />for creating a new <a href="http://lamsonproject.org/">lamsonproject.org</a> site layout and<br />design. The new site should be easier to read, have more breathing room, and look<br />easier on the eyes. It’s even got a logo:</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-19.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-19.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMTBug Fix 0.8.4, Mailing Lists, Spam Blockinghttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-18.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-18.html">2009-05-18</a> : Bug Fix 0.8.4, Mailing Lists, Spam Blocking</h2> <p> <p>A few announcements from my work on Lamson the last few days. I managed to fix<br />a bug, put Lamson to work doing Lamson’s mailing lists, and use Lamson to do<br />some spam blocking on my own email account.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-18.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-18.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMTLamson Project Site Launchedhttp://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-16.html<h2><a href="/blog/2009-05-16.html">2009-05-16</a> : Lamson Project Site Launched</h2> <p> <p>Today I launched the Lamson Project site at<br /><a href="http://lamsonproject.org/">lamsonproject.org</a> and started filling in the<br />content. Lamson is really turning into a fun and useful project, and hopefully<br />the site will get other people interested in it and using it.</p></p> <p><a href="/blog/2009-05-16.html">Read more...</a></p> http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2009-05-16.htmlMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:46:04 GMT